Braces

[Futz]

THATS WHAT THEY TELL YOU, I WAS TOLD THE SAME AND SO WAS MY FRIEND

[The Don]

I got mine off last Wednesday I'm not gonna lie, they hurt when you first get them (did for me anyway) but nothing pain killer won't solve and you'll have amazing teeth after so it's worth it.

[=Lizzy]

THATS WHAT THEY TELL YOU, I WAS TOLD THE SAME AND SO WAS MY FRIEND

SHUT UP UR MAKING ME PANIC. I CANT HAVE BRACES FOR PROM CRIES.

yeah i hope they dont hurt too much ill just get painkillers haha

[geo]

they hurt like a *****. the first time u get them on they'll hurt for around a week (well, they did for me) and then whenever u get them tightened they'll kill when u eat. usually i just eat noodles n yoghurts when i get them tightened because i really can't eat anything else. make sure u do a good job at brushin ur teeth!!! avoid chicken/meat on a bone because that just breaks them... oh and sweets and apples!!

[Jordan]

I didn't avoid any foods to be honest. If I wanted an apple I would cut it up and with toffee I would just put it in my mouth till its soft. I didn't avoid chewing either, I did for the first month or so but I really wanted one and they don't get stuck (well I tried purposely to see if it would and I couldn't manage to do it).

Not gunna like, like others have said already, they will most likely hurt when you get them but they will die down eventually and it actually came to a point that when they tightened them it didnt ache afterwards at all.

Outcome is worth it!

[Sloths]

Had them for a year on my top teeth, only time they hurt was when they were first put on for like a week not when they were tightened or anything. It's different for everyone and I guess depending on the type (upper, lower, both etc). Cleaning them gets annoying but after a while is fine... if you don't loose the special toothbrush like I did :S and you can have like toffee etc just suck them Deff no gum though, or full apples

[Seikou]

gonna be getting mine soon, looking forward to it in a way but not aswell haha.

[LiquidLuck.]

I was supposed to have braces too, but my dentist changed his mind
Plus I doubt I'd be able to stop chewing gums, I'm like addicted Lol

[AlexJRiley]

I had them, got em off now (woo straight teeth) avoid anything hard, when you first get em sticky to mushy food (yogurts, mash, ice cream etc). They hurt for about 2 weeks when you first get them, then they're fine then when they get tightened for the first time it'll ache for about a week and from then on it doesnt really hurt

[Amberr]

lol im probably the person who has had braces on for the longest time ever. 4/5 years i dno lost count. hopefully getting them off soon (thank god). umm they hurt when they are first put on but after a couple of days your teeth readjust to it and its fine. but they do hurt abit when you go back every month or so to get them re-tightened, but for me anyway after like a year or whatever i couldnt feel it. I've had so much **** done to my teeth its insane, operations the lot. my teeth weren't even that bad originally. anyway they say you shouldn't really eat toffee or apples etc. but i still eat the same as what other people would eat.

---------- Post added 20-06-2012 at 05:29 PM ----------

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

yeah they said about 2 years for me and i still have them...