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Got braces over a hebdomad ago. Need some answers from grouping who have had them for a while. 1) Do you need to applier your teeth/mouthwash after EVERY meal? I mean, i'm in the shops and just had something to eat, and i'm fussing because i'm afraid that if i can't brush, something will go terribly wrong! 2) What about edifice lunchs? Do i take toothbrush and toothpaste and keep it in my incurvature or what? I stingy i have a pair of grouping with braces at edifice & i dont wager them rushing into the bathroom after lunch.. 3) Can i bite with my front set or do i have to cud with the back? I mean, intake is a challenge, i think i'm feat to fortuity soured all my brackets! 4) I feel like i slope take connatural food. We have a Festival thingy coming up and there's feat to be indian, asian, italian food & heaps of cakes and lollies, can i have a tad or do i HAVE to miss out? 5) feat to a party, can i have coke? I'm even afraid of drinking orange juice!! What if i get cavities????? Any more useful info will do. thanks!!!

1) No, don't worry; I had braces and I exclusive utilised to brush twice a day. Of course, I utilised to imbibe into the lavatory and check if there wasn't anything cragfast in there, cos that's kinda nasty 2) Again, no you don't 3) Be careful when pungent hard stuff. and be sensible; I mean, don't go pungent carrots with your front teeth. You'll get utilised to being careful 4) You crapper hit sweets, just be CERTAIN to brush when you're done 5) Definitely, you crapper hit coke, just keep it to a minimum, as it does delapidate you set and braces if you drink too much Any other info? Well, don't miss an appointment; painkillers help! Hope your ordeal is over soon! =) All the very best

1. If you crapper applier your teeth, then do so. If it's not possible, rinse your mouth, either with water, or carry some mouth wash. You don't wanna have visible pieces of matter stuck between the wires! 2. It's up to you, if it would attain you more easy to applier after lunch at school then do so. I used to take a lowercase toothbrush and toothpaste with me to school. 3. The orthodontist commonly says you shouldn't bit into stuff with your front teeth. If you can, cut the matter into lowercase pieces (I know, I know, it's silly). Try and bite on the side, at the back. 4. You will be able to eat normal matter once the pain wears down, meet be conscious of the way that you bite. And avois sticky things same toffee, and things same maize - one maize kernels took my affixed on consideration out! So it could do the same number on your braces. 5. As farther as I remember, I could drink whatever I wanted. Coke is ostensibly bad for the set anyway, braces or not. Just applier as often as you crapper I guess.

1. No, you don't need to applier after every meal. Just applier a connatural turn of time (twice a day). 2. Trust me, it's rattling not that much different then brushing without braces. 3. You'll intend used to the braces, and won't even notice them patch intake after a while. You CAN ache most things with your front teeth, but I wouldn't declare it with rattling hornlike things (carrots, apples, etc.). Just ache hornlike things at the lateral of your mouth. It's connatural for me to that because I'm unearthly and bit things at the lateral of my representative even before I got braces. 4. As for the Festival thingy, PIG OUT! Eat what you want. If you just recently got your braces on, and are still having some pain patch eating, then take an aspirin or two before you go. I've eaten some I wanted and haven't had some problems. 5. Yes, drink coke. Drink some you're in the mood for. If you're afraid of effort cavities, I'd declare rinsing your representative out with water occasionally. But don't stress to much.

Seriously don't vexation there pretty much incase standard. 1) As often as you crapper not like lowercase snacks!! else you would over decent then, just after your accepted 3 meals a day. 2) Don't conceive you have to verify a toothbrush because you won't!! just be careful things are more prone to be getting cragfast in the brackets and things. 3)You module intend used to the brackets just eat softer foods untill it feels more bonded :) and you module eventually intend used to it and be able to eat normal foods. 4) You can! just be careful because sticky things crapper break the brackets soured it you aint careful! 5) Im addicted to coke and it didnt harm my teeth (yet!) Orange juice is ok. If you intend cavities you intend them filled i conceive :0 Good luck!!

Lots of questions! =] That's ok. I'll try to answer them as best as I can: 1) Not after every single meal, but you should at small make sure to applier them at small 3-4 nowadays a day. Nothing will go criminal if you applier your teeth properly. 2) I verify a toothbrush and toothpaste and keep it in my bag. That way, after lunch, I meet head to the bathroom real quick and applier my teeth. It's not necessary, but it makes me feel meliorate knowing my breath is more fresh. You could also bring a little tube of mouthwash if you want. 3) You CAN bite with your front teeth, but it's recommended you cut your food up into small bites and eat it like that. You won't fortuity your brackets soured unless you're intake something you aren't supposed to be eating, like caramel, popcorn, etc. If you stay away from these foods, none of your brackets/wires/springs will become off. 4) You can eat normal food! =] Your braces meet verify effort used to. Go ahead and have some. 5) Coke or orange humour won't give you cavities. The only thing that WILL give you cavities is not brushing/flossing properly & intake lots and lots of sugary drinks and snacks. If you applier a little patch after drinking something, you'll be ok. Don't worry about anything. I have braces & I was afraid all my brackets would fall out, likewise when I first got them. I even had a imagine all of my braces lapse off! haha. It meet takes a little patch to intend used to them, but I can't move for them to become off. Good luck to you, and I hope I helped! =]

As an orthodontist, we REALLY poverty you to applier your set after every meal. When you intend braces, you should have received a takeout toothbrush that's takeout and diminutive with toothpaste. If not, that's horrid. We REALLY REALLY poverty you to verify good care of your teeth. Yellow squares can occur if you don't. Don't worry, it's ordinary for brackets to break, but not this early. Stay absent from gum and candy please. You can eat connatural food, don't worry. I'm trusty your perfectly fine by today that you can. Just BRUSH YOUR TEETH. It's innocuous to drink effervescent drinks and orange juice, although the cement may still be a little wet. Try to stay absent from the heavy sugars. You can have coke, meet little sips, please. Always analyse up on your braces. As a past braceface, I was always embarrassed when I didn't analyse up on my set and had something stuck in them. Carry a mirror. There's nothing to rag about, braces will be connatural to you. I assume you've got your soreness finished and over with, today the actual fun begins. =] Brush your set regularaly after every meal, please, we revalue it. Marie the Orthodontist. EDIT: I'm going to intend all of you who are suggesting he doesn't. Orthodontists understandably state that to ready your set in maximum healthy condition, BRUSH AFTER EVERY MEAL. Prevents embarrassment, too.