I have a rather large gap between my 2 front teeeth.
I have always wanted to close it but when I was younger, the dentist told me that it could not be done with braces. My son got braces last year, and in talking to his orthodontist, he said that it could be done. After many months I finally got my braces yesterday. I went with the ceramic brackets as oppesed to the metal ones for asthetic purposes. I had heard so many stories about the pain associated with braces the 1st week or so and thought i would need so type of narcotic since I am not good with pain. An hour before getting my braces on I took a percocet to be sure. I really did not feel any discomfort for about 4 hours, after, at which point it was very mild on my bottom front teeth. I was sure that I would wake up this morning in severe pain as I had been told. However, this has not been a bad day. The pain is not what I expected. Actually, the pain only occurs when my top and bottom teeth meet. So as you can imagine eating anything that requires chewing is out of the question. My meals for today has consisted of oatmeal, soup, very small cut up watermelon. This all being said, I am glad to report that it is not constant pain as expected.
We will see what tomorrow holds.
I am using the dental wax on the hook parts, but when do you get used tothegeneral feeling of these things in your mouth?