Orthadontics Tomorrow

[Thermal]

Short term pain for long term gain, though it won't seem short at the time. Depending on your age they might have to remove a couple of molars to make room for your wisdom teeth as they come in. The pressure & pain when the doc periodically tightens the wires can be unpleasant, not to mention wearing a "night retainer" when one sleeps to keep the pressure on to gradually move/straighten your teeth. The wires will rub on the inside of your lips & mouth, causing blisters & calluses. I had my braces removed 35 years ago and still have several callus like ridges on the inside of my lower lip and cheeks. If you play sports be prepared for the inevitable bloody lips and tongue from bumps & contact. Have a goodly supply of wax on hand to put on the wires & bands. It helps protect the sore spots till they toughen up, and comes in real handy if a wire pops loose.

Certain foods are verbotten, and you won't want to eat them anyway. Forget anything gooey like taffy, candy apples, gum etc... I used to love popcorn, but the small hulls & unpopped kernels would get jammed in the wires and cause all kinds of trouble. Be careful when you chew. That extra hardware in your mouth can cause one to accidently bite the inside of the lip/cheek.

It's a trial, but if millions of other people can handle it so can you. Good luck Thermal. you poor sod

Hehe, thanks for the info, I'm dreading it now, it says in this leaflet thingy they give you that you can play sport but should wear a mouth guard, I won't be doing that so, hmmm, lol.
I never even considered popcorn, I will miss it. I'm not so bothered about the pain though (well I will be when I have it) but as you say its for long term gain.

A few people at my school have had them, or still do, they manage so I will. Besides I definitely need them and given free dental care runs out when I'm 18, now is the perfect time to get it.

Also, he said I have a few to many teeth at the top, but I may get away with not having any took out, I'll find out very soon...


@ Azathoth

Straight teeth over white teeth, provided they werent like as yellow as tibilicious was talking about

@ Subotan

If they were popping out doesn't that indicate they didn't fit your teeth properly? These people aren't sounding very reliable to me lol.

@ Secura

Hmmm, the leaflet says no injections, just a mixture of special glues sprays and other things....

[naut]

Hmmm, the leaflet says no injections, just a mixture of special glues sprays and other things....

It'll be local anaesthetic that will numb some of your mouth. That's what I had when I had my tongue untied.

[Viking]

For me, having the braces put in place was a truly painful experience. Not sitting in the chair; but the following evening and the next two days or so. Starving felt like a better option than having to chew on something.

[Thermal]

For me, having the braces put in place was a truly painful experience. Not sitting in the chair; but the following evening and the next two days or so. Starving felt like a better option than having to chew on something.

Hmm, other people I've talked to said that getting the braces fitted isn't as painful as the next few days after also...

Another thing I hadn't considered is that I'll probably talk awkwardly in the first few days too...

[Hosakawa Tito]

The braces shouldn't bother your speech. Your teeth will be pressure sensitive to touch because of the tension on the wires. After every visit when the orthodontist tightens these wires you'll experience this sensitivity for a few days afterward. Depending on one's pain tolerance, sometimes you won't feel like eating anything that involves chewing. Stick to milkshakes, soup, etc... till the discomfort lessens. whiskey would be ideal

[Centurion1]

That might be the case in America, perhaps.

However, in the UK it seems there's increasing trends of children aged from around ten onwards engaging in... well illegal activity such as sex (have to be sixteen), alcohol and cigarettes (have to be eighteen for both); all simply to fit in with what they believe to be the societal norm. There's rising figures for teenage pregnancies, particularly in the south.

I started smoking around twelve or so, as a social thing, and I believe I got my brace... around fourteen or so. It's a bad habit though, and one that's very hard to shake off, but having the brace gave me a bit of discipline and the thought of "why am I putting myself through twice as much work each morning and night for a packet of fags?".

That and it's darn expensive.

its in america too but smoking isnt quite as popular among youngsters, alcohol and sex of course are.

getting your braces on doesnt hurt. and i never really had trouble after. they like hot cement them on. right after you get the off you will have the sexiest smile ever because they grind off the old gunk and your teeth are absolutely white.

[Subotan]

If they were popping out doesn't that indicate they didn't fit your teeth properly? These people aren't sounding very reliable to me lol.

Gah, I explained myself badly. The wire that held my traintracks together was suspended across the gaps to reach the molars at the back of my mouth. If I ate something like apple, there was a chance that the food would cause the wire to bend and slip out of the clamp that was attached to my back molars. It took ages to bend the wire back into it's original position.

[Secura]

its in america too but smoking isnt quite as popular among youngsters, alcohol and sex of course are.

Before we utilised the public smoking ban in summer 2007, the legal age for purchasing cigarettes was sixteen, and so it was fairly easy for schoolkids to get their hands on them. Now it's the same case as alcohol; underage kids sat outside newsagents and off-licenses on their BMXs yelling "oy sweet'eart, can yer buy us some fags?"

Modern Britain... makes you proud. ¬_¬

they like hot cement them on.

I remember that stuff; on one of my incisors, the metal part didn't settle into the glue stuff properly and I was able to spin it around the wire with my tongue. And then one week later when I finally managed to get an appointment, the orthodontist goes "YOU SHOULD HAVE CALLED IMMEDIATELY!" as though I was deaf. That guy was a total d-bag.

After every visit when the orthodontist tightens these wires you'll experience this sensitivity for a few days afterward. Depending on one's pain tolerance, sometimes you won't feel like eating anything that involves chewing.

This won't be a problem once you learn the thresholds of what you can and cannot eat/drink, Thermal. Just make sure you factor in the temperature of food as well as the texture; I couldn't eat ice cream for a while after the tightening, for example. :3

[Thermal]

whiskey would be ideal

I will soon have an excuse to drink.


I think I understand now Subotan
Food wise I think I'll just eat porridge things, how about noodles? =P


Appointment is in 17 hours

[Secura]

how about noodles? =P

You should be fine with those, as they come apart easily enough in the mouth anyway. Make sure they're not piping hot though, major ouchies otherwise! :P

Appointment is in 17 hours

Looking forward to it?

[Subotan]

I think I understand now Subotan
Food wise I think I'll just eat porridge things, how about noodles? =P

Noodles is a great idea, especially something like noodle soup.

[drone]

I will soon have an excuse to drink.

If you guzzle a lot of booze, make sure you drink lots of water before going to bed. The brackets and wires will do a number on the morning-after dry mouth.