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I don't have a brace yet, but the sharp hooks from the TPA rub both sides of my mouth terribly and cause much pain when I move my mouth, I haven't tried wax yet, what is it like?,what else can I do to stop this, and others please share your mouth ulcer stories, thanks.
Also, I did a "Search for all terms" on "ulcer tpa"
I have an expander and had a sore tongue from one area of the expander rubbing on my expander. Yes, use wax. Initially I didn't because I thought my tongue would get use to it. The wax was such a big help. Use the warm salt water rinses also - it really works. If your tongue is very sore now, also try dipping a Q-tip in hydrogen peroxide and swab it on the sore area of your tongue. It took me about 1-1/2 weeks to adjust to having the expander. Sometimes, now I forget I have the expander.
Hello everyone, thanks for the advice, I should be able to get some wax soon, also I hope that when the brace is fitted round the TPA it should even out the protruding sharp bit.
Ask your orthodontists' office if they have samples of the wax available. My ortho's office had two types available. It was good to sample both types - one was the standard ortho wax and the other was made from silicone.
How do u guys deal with eating ? whenver I eat I end up eating the wax
I'm doing "wax off wax on" at each meal now, and its annoying (I'm waxing almost the whole set of brackets )
Does the skin get used to the irritaion ? Please tell me it does!!!