Braces?!?!?

What exactly happens when you get braces? What can you eat and what can't you eat? How long does the pain last and what kind of pain killers should I take?

Braces?!?!?
For braces, all they do at first is clean your teeth. It's not bad, especially because what my ortho. used, it tasted good. But after that, they apply the glue. that tastes BAD. Try not to swallow, it won't hurt you if you do, it just tastes gross. They'll use a q-tip to put the glue on. Afterwards, they'll hold up this orange piece of plastic (I think it's made of plastic), and they shine a UV light into your mouth to help the glue dry. Next, my ortho. put on each bracket, and of course, they used the UV light again. and lastly they put on the wires. They go and use these tools that look like pliers in a way, and gently push on the wires to place them correctly so they don't fall off.





If you need something such as a spacer or bracket placed back on your tooth, just call your dentist and they should place it back on for free.





For pain killers, just take ibprofeun, advil, whatever works. The pain for me lasted only a couple of days, some people it lasts up to a week.





I got a huge list of what not to eat... here's some of it:





almonds,almond bark, aAlmond Joy, apples (i can eat them if I cut them up), apple taffy,Butter Fingers, butterscotch, butter pecan ice cream, Calzone, candy apples,Autumn Mix, Babe Ruth,bagles,Brazil nuts, breat sticks, bridge mix,bubble gum,candy canes,candy corn, caramels, caramel corn,carrots, cashews, cashew brittl, celery (dice it up),charleston chews,charms,cheetos,chewing gum,Chipwich, chocolate chips, chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chip ice cream, Chunky Bar, chunky peanut butter, cinnamon buns, Clark Bar, corn on the cob, cough drops, Cracker Jacks, croutons,crusty bread, Doritos, Fiddle Faddle, Fifth Avenue Bars, Filberts, French bread,Fritos, fruit gems, Fruit Roll, fruit with hard pits, fudge,garlic bread,gingers snaps, Goobers, Good %26amp; Plenty, granola, granola bars, gum,gum drops, gummy bears, hard candy, hard


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cookies,hard rolls,heath bars, hershey bar with almonds, hershey's big block, hershey's kiss, hoagie rolls, Hundred Thousand Dollar Bar,ice, ice cream popsicles, ice popsicles, Indian corn, Italian bread, jaw breakers, jelly beans Jingle Bits, Jordan Almonds, Jolly Ranchers, Jujy Fruit, kaiser rolls, licorice, Life Savers, m%26amp;m's,macadamia nuts, macaroons,mallowcremes,marathon bar, mars bars,mary janes's, mason dots, meat on bones, meatbal sandwhich rolls, melba toast,Mike %26amp; Ike, Milk Duds, Milkshake bars, Milky Way, Mint Chocolate Chip ICe cream, mints,Necco Wafers, non pareils, nuts,oatmeal cookies, Oh Henry Bars, oyster crackers, Pay Day bars, peanuts,peanut brittle, Peanut Chews, Peanut Clusters, pears (cut up), pecans,pencils, penny candy sticks, pens, pretzels, pumpernickel cruist, raisins, Reese's Pieces, Reggie, Rice Krispie treats, rock candy, Rollos, root beer barrels, rye bread crust, salt water taffy, shoe strings,Sicilian pizza, Smarties, Snickers, Snow Caps, snow cones etc.











What you CAN eat is jello,smoothies, soup,ice cream, milkshakes,applesauce,yogurt, pudding,mashed potatoes, pasta,and other soft foods like that.








Hope I helped! =)
Reply:i have braces now and have had them for about 2 years (i almost get them off. yay!) aha but okay when you first get them on pain lasts for about up to 3 days to an entire week but don't worry because once that week passes you totally forget that you have them.


and the eating situation it honestly doesn't affect verey much anything except stay away from citrus fruits they stain your braces.. and don't bite or chew on anything thats hard to break a bracket off.


and for pain killers just take about 3 ibeprohen or 2 advil and if the pains bad just take 3 liquid gel advil.. that should help.


i hope i helped you out a bit. :)
Reply:Well...I have had braces for about a month or two. When you get braces, first you go in and get a mold of your mouth. Then they scan your teeth in an x-ray. Then they fit the bands to your teeth...it might make you bleed but you can't feel it. Then once they fit those, its time for braces!!! they get the brackets and glue them to the teeth that need them. They put the wire on, which is the thign that straightens your teeth, then they put the rubberbands on. your choice of color! haha. then you can eat everything except carmel, and hard things because they can either pull your brackets off or stick to them. oh yeah...gum and stuff. but you can have sugerless gum. some people say the pain lasts a week, but mine only lasted about 2 days. it hurt late at night and early in the morning. so yeah. tylonol was the best for me. so i would use that. well...if you are getting braces...good luck!!! ♥
Reply:i have braces, and i ate anything(can anymore cuz im on a liquid diet cuz i got bars in my mouth....:(........................) and so yeah i chewed gun and stuff. The pain for me lasted about a week and i took advil...or aleve...it worked tho! good luck :)
Reply:i got braces last month and i got them tightened 3 days ago but what u shouldn't eat is corn chips, gum, gummi stuff well when the orthodontist puts on ur braces ask them what u shouldn't eat and what u can or they might just give u a sheet that tells u. but when u get ur braces on for the first time for me it only took 15 minutes all they used was glue, wires, and brackets and it didn't hurt at all but every month they need to tighten them and i am not going to lie to u but when they're done tightening them they will start to hurt really bad like later into the day so maybe u could get motrin.
Reply:When u get them they glue brakets on ur teeth. It doesn't really hurt at all. I just used Tylonel and it helped. The first couple of days, u need to eat stuff like soup but then slowly u can start eating regualar food. U can't eat chewy stuff like laffy taffy or anything like that. Because it can break ur brackets. There not as bad as everyone says.