What Gives? Anyone else have a total relapse?

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#1 Post by **jcdamon3** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:14 pm

I have been in braces about 7 months and thought my mouth had toughened up. All of a sudden (1 week after adjustment) the inside of my cheeks in the back are all tender again. Has anyone else had a relapse like this? My teeth could not have moved more than 1 mm! I am rinsing with salt water, peroxyl and contemplating wax again (oh no!)

#2 Post by **ren** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 1:32 pm

hi, actually I'm at 1 1/2 years in braces and am going through the same thing!! I just got a clear powerchain on the upper all the way across and it's tearing up the inside of my mouth too and I'm also thinking about wax too! Try ambesol--that's a great numbing tool!

renee

#3 Post by **Chris** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:16 pm

Yea, sometimes its like back to day 1...pain, rawness, etc. etc. etc...then all of a sudden its ok again.

#4 Post by **bbsadmin** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 11:27 pm

Often when your teeth/bite shift (even slightly) you can be back to square one with pain and cut up gums.

#5 Post by **jennielee81** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 7:41 am

Oh ya, happens to me, too. I've had mine on for 11 months now and today I woke up with a huge sore spot on my lower lip...back to wax!

#6 Post by **Chr1ssy711** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:52 am

since you said you have noticed minimal movement....maybe you have been talking more than normal or ate some tough food.

I too have noticed that weeks after an adjustment my lips or gums may hurt. But its usually because i talk more than normal in one day, and my inside of my cheeks and lips get all tore up. Or if i go to a steak dinner and have a tough time or something. then from the movement my lips hurt.

But also even the littlest movement can rub a new area and creat pain....