The ability to chew...

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jpiper001
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#16 Post by jpiper001 »

i had my spacers put in a week ago and i still cant really chew, but what bothered me the worst was my mouth feeling like it was rubbed with sandpaper! my back teeth just ache like crazy now....god bless slimfast.
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LithpingLitha
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#17 Post by LithpingLitha »

I couldn't chew at the beginning either. It was much too painful.
I ate soft foods as much as possible and took pain meds when it was really bad..
As I got further into treatment I chewed through the pain on sugar-free chewing gum, not bubble gum.
A few hours of this type of chewing after an adjustment set me up for pain-free eating the following day.
22 months in treatment (upper ceramics, gelb on lower arch and then self-ligating brackets), hawley retainers
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