ok, so i have braces and i got them in three days ago but i still can't eat and i'm getting really sick of putting the wax shit in and stuff and i wanted to know if there was anything i could do. but i can't take most medicines because it interferes with the one i'm already taking so....PLEASE help!!!
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so braces in 4 days now.
you can't eat because the biting hurts your gum and your teeth? right?
well just don't chew. dink water as you eat then swallow it whole. eat bread based meal for the first week.
or cereal.
by week two it will hurt less.
the pain will gradually reduce from then on. It will stop hurting after a while, until they tighten it.
now the wax...
why are you putting it on?
you should only put it on if it pinches.
otherwise, you don't need it.
(if it pinches, where? at the back?right? that means the wire slipped, tell the dentist on your next trip and he can fix it, or chop off the excess (the dentist chops it off, not you).)
what kind of medicine are you taking?
i would reccomend simple pain-killers like tylenol and benadryl and stuff.
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