Mouth Soreness
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Mouth Soreness
Two days ago I had braces put in... ceramic upper/lower-excluding metal brackets for the back few teeth. It's somewhat painful to eat anything - chewing particularly hurts. In your experience, when does the initial pain after getting braces subsides? Will eating always be this difficult? I dread eating :( which is kinda a good thing because I could use a few pounds lol! Any advice is greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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The pain and the feeling of how weird it eats will go away. Eat soft stuff. Mashed potatoes, sherbert, that kind of stuff for a few days and I took advil to help. It definately takes some getting used to.
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I had my braces on 10/8 and like you my mouth feels really sore and couldn't chew anything. But after five days I was able to chew for a bit and today I feel a lot better just for the sixth day. Mouth still feels sore and teeth hurts cuz they are continuously moving but I got used to it now I guess. Just A lot better. :) I hope you get better soon too!
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I can't say this enough.....IT GETS BETTER. And keep coming here. These people are extremely helpful with their experiences. They have kept me sane for about 7 months so far!! Good Luck!!
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I second this. Don't even try to chew anything too tough, you will end up spitting it out in frustration. But do not worry, 2-3 months later you will be tearing into burgers and enjoying food again to your full potentialLisainTX wrote:I can't say this enough.....IT GETS BETTER. And keep coming here. These people are extremely helpful with their experiences. They have kept me sane for about 7 months so far!! Good Luck!!
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My first few days were also quite painful, but after the first month everything feels much more comfortable! I use to have a (not so) great time eating anything, but cutting stuff into smaller pieces really does help!
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It does get better and you won't starve. I used a lot of dental wax the first month and haven't used any since.
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You are my ortho treatment twin!! I was fitted on 10.18.16 and I have seriously had thoughts of having them removed. The pain from the braces and then the mouth sores from brackets breaking skin has me a bit gloomy. Actually a lot gloomy. Eating is something I now dread and I can lose several pounds as well but I don't want a soup diet for the next 15 months. I'm stalking this thread for hope and motivation. Hope you get plenty of it. And I pray it gets better for the both of us. I have found wax to be my best friend. And my waterpik has surprisingly helped massage my gums and get rid of some of the soreness. I guess from the increased blood flow.
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It gets better, remember to eat soft foods for about 2-3 days after each adjustment and you will be fine. Soon you won't even know they're on there :)
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Re: Mouth Soreness
It took me around 2 weeks to resign to my fate, or rather get used to braces. Eating was a complete shock for me then! But you will manage to work things around.
Soreness for 2-3 days after adjustment is pretty common. So equip yourself with soft diet... Porridge, soup, cakes and bread are pretty braces friendly.
You'll get used to eating before you know it!![BigTeethGrin :BigTeethGrin:](./images/smilies/BigToothyGrin.gif)
Soreness for 2-3 days after adjustment is pretty common. So equip yourself with soft diet... Porridge, soup, cakes and bread are pretty braces friendly.
You'll get used to eating before you know it!
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It probably took about 2 weeks to really get used to them, but that first week was ROUGH. It definitely gets better though! Eating is still annoying but you get used to it.
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The first two weeks were the worst for me. I was in tears at one point because of the pain but mainly hunger because I couldn't eat LOL. But it really does get better. Ice cold water was the only way I felt relief.