Braces

[=Lizzy]

Hiya, im getting braces in a few weeks (29 days to be exact) and i was just wondering if you have had them or have them

do they hurt?
what foods do you avoid now?

[kitten]

i have them, got them in february and getting my bottom braces on tomorrow, they don't hurt when they're putting them on but afterwards it's hard to bite and chew foods, but the pain goes after a few days

i don't really avoid many foods, just hard foods mainly

[Samantha]

I would say chewing gum was a no no? Or that's what I got told as I was meant to have braces but didn't get them.

[Glen Coco]

i had them for 5 years.
i hated them!
they hurt when you get home and it feels like your teeth are going to fall out.

[Chris]

They're not really painful, maybe in the first few days of having them and whenever they are adjusted you will feel discomfort when you eat, but other than that you won't notice any difference. In terms of what you can/cant eat, they will probably tell you that when you have them on, but personally the only thing I stopped having was chewing gum and toffee.

[Munex]

As Lerdulo said, it doesn't hurt when they are put on. It's a tightening sensation, but not painful at all.

The pain, however, does kick in after a day or so - It's more of an ache than a pain, mind. Then, it disappears a few days after it kicks in - the process starts over when you get them tightened.

[kuzkasate]

When they put them on, they don't hurt at all. It only hurts when they get tightened, for 2-3 days but after a few appointments the pain disappears and you don't notice it. You're supposed to avoid basically everything, crisps, sweets, chocolate, chewing gum everything like that... but I didn't avoid them, I ate loads of them and so did my friends and my braces have never broke - neither have my friends just as long as you're careful.

[lawrawrrr]

I had them for 18mo, they don't really hurt but they do ache like hell. I would suggest avoiding chewing gum, caramel and food like apples and enctarines that you have to bite into, or food will get so stuck (unless you cut them up). If you have white bands on them, eating curry will stain them and make your teeth look realllyyy yellow, so that's at your own risk Hope everything goes ok!

[Futz]

I had them lizzy but I got them off by 16, I didn't mind them thought it's just a pain cleaning them properly 'cause I destroyed my toothbrush daily! They only hurt when they get tightened or something but you get used to it real fast, it's quite the experience I didn't mind going the orthadontist either 'cause it was always in school time & my orthadontist had some rate nice boobies. On another note haha lizzy you're gonna be like 18 when you get yours off gg sixth form/college no one wanna kiss u not that they ever did teehehehehehehsdighseo3 5tv

[=Lizzy]

only need them in for a year HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA TEEHEHEHEHEHEHEHSIGHAIHDFGIDHG3
ot: thanks guys yeah i will avoid chewing gum and toffee