Braces... and need questions answering

[*mazedsalv**]

Okay i went to the orthadontist and they said i have to firstly wear a plate in my teeth for 4 months to fix my "overbite" and get my teeth straighter, i will get my plate in on the 22nd June. Then after i am going to have braces (train tracks) for about 15 months. The orthadontist said i should be done before im 18 which is good.

But some questions, what are plates?? are they comfortable?
Is it Painful? Does it make you talk funny?

Also, what foods can i eat? because i absoloutley love my food so i will be pissed off if i cant eat some stuff.
TRhe orthadontist said i cant take the plates off, but thats stupid, what if im eating or if im brushing my teeth?

I also need to have 2 of my teeth removed before my plate goes in, to make room for it.
Im really not looking forward to these few months. It sounds horrific, i start college in September and i dont want to look like a loser who cant speak properly and is depressed :sad:

[goroos1994]

Be brave :) I think I'll be needing them soon too before its too late for me

[Sam!]

Are plates like a retainer, if so then it depends on the thickness, the thicker they are the more you will lisp. But you get used to it, also it only hurts a bit sometimes but thats what makes your teeth nice.

Surely if its a retainer then you can take it out when brushing ur teeth but try and keep it on when eating, your teeth will get into place quicker that way, it's **** hard to eat when you have it to begin with but after a while its easy. So perhaps start trying to wear it when eating when you get it.

Getting teeth out aint too bad, I've had six out overall. Yeh it aint nice but it only takes a couple of seconds to get them out.

& you won't be depressed, its a brace.. not partically horrific.

Long post tadah

[*mazedsalv**]

Originally posted by Sam!
Are plates like a retainer, if so then it depends on the thickness, the thicker they are the more you will lisp. But you get used to it, also it only hurts a bit sometimes but thats what makes your teeth nice.

Surely if its a retainer then you can take it out when brushing ur teeth but try and keep it on when eating, your teeth will get into place quicker that way, it's **** hard to eat when you have it to begin with but after a while its easy. So perhaps start trying to wear it when eating when you get it.

Getting teeth out aint too bad, I've had six out overall. Yeh it aint nice but it only takes a couple of seconds to get them out.

& you won't be depressed, its a brace.. not partically horrific.

Long post tadah

i would have thought it was a retainer but she said i couldnt take them out. I will try and have them on most of the time if its removeable because then it will work quicker lol.
Ive already had 3 teeth out, its fine at the time, but the afterpain is horrible, not to mention you cant eat because of the numbness.

[Sod_James]

I think braces are cool. i liked mine.

[Sam!]

Originally posted by *mazedsalv**
Originally posted by Sam!
Are plates like a retainer, if so then it depends on the thickness, the thicker they are the more you will lisp. But you get used to it, also it only hurts a bit sometimes but thats what makes your teeth nice.

Surely if its a retainer then you can take it out when brushing ur teeth but try and keep it on when eating, your teeth will get into place quicker that way, it's **** hard to eat when you have it to begin with but after a while its easy. So perhaps start trying to wear it when eating when you get it.

Getting teeth out aint too bad, I've had six out overall. Yeh it aint nice but it only takes a couple of seconds to get them out.

& you won't be depressed, its a brace.. not partically horrific.

Long post tadah

i would have thought it was a retainer but she said i couldnt take them out. I will try and have them on most of the time if its removeable because then it will work quicker lol.
Ive already had 3 teeth out, its fine at the time, but the afterpain is horrible, not to mention you cant eat because of the numbness.

You'll be fine, just suck it up. :thumbs:

[Z]

I'm not really sure about your circumstance, but general advice:

Braces hurt when you first get them, your teeth ache because they're moving around and for a couple of days you can only eat yoghurts, ice cream etc, nothing solid, eventually bread and soft cheese but within a few days you're back to normal. They tell you to avoid chewing gum, toffee and other sticky foods, and carrots, apples and other hard foods. To be honest, so long as you eat them carefully, you can have any of these things. I spoke the same way I did before I had my braces; I had mine in for a year and a half, just remember that they're quite common these days and when you go to college there will be people there who have braces too, you're not going to be socially outcast just because you have braces! It sounds scary when they go on; the only times they hurt are when you first get them and any time you have to get them tightened - but it's more like an irritating ache as opposed to excruciating pain! :spin2:

[Sam!]

Originally posted by Zee
I'm not really sure about your circumstance, but general advice:

Braces hurt when you first get them, your teeth ache because they're moving around and for a couple of days you can only eat yoghurts, ice cream etc, nothing solid, eventually bread and soft cheese but within a few days you're back to normal. They tell you to avoid chewing gum, toffee and other sticky foods, and carrots, apples and other hard foods. To be honest, so long as you eat them carefully, you can have any of these things. I spoke the same way I did before I had my braces; I had mine in for a year and a half, just remember that they're quite common these days and when you go to college there will be people there who have braces too, you're not going to be socially outcast just because you have braces! It sounds scary when they go on; the only times they hurt are when you first get them and any time you have to get them tightened - but it's more like an irritating ache as opposed to excruciating pain! :spin2:

Oh god, don't chew gum with a retainer in.. not good lol.

[Z]

Originally posted by Sam!
Originally posted by Zee
I'm not really sure about your circumstance, but general advice:

Braces hurt when you first get them, your teeth ache because they're moving around and for a couple of days you can only eat yoghurts, ice cream etc, nothing solid, eventually bread and soft cheese but within a few days you're back to normal. They tell you to avoid chewing gum, toffee and other sticky foods, and carrots, apples and other hard foods. To be honest, so long as you eat them carefully, you can have any of these things. I spoke the same way I did before I had my braces; I had mine in for a year and a half, just remember that they're quite common these days and when you go to college there will be people there who have braces too, you're not going to be socially outcast just because you have braces! It sounds scary when they go on; the only times they hurt are when you first get them and any time you have to get them tightened - but it's more like an irritating ache as opposed to excruciating pain! :spin2:

Oh god, don't chew gum with a retainer in.. not good lol.

Pff clearly you don't have the skills, I managed to with no trouble. Hahaha, I live on the edge.

[*mazedsalv**]

Only soft food.... bloody hell i will die from starvation almost :shocked:, no chewing gum?? this really is getting worse :(

[WoopieGeorge]

I HAD THEM...
its not painfull but its annoying for the first week.

its like a metal bar thing that goes accros the roof of your mouth, and you sometimes have to tightern it. it dosnt make you talk funny, just makes you suck your spit in alot, as you cant swallow right for arround a week lol.

you dont take them off but its not hard to clean them (mouthwash)

lol.... but very annoying

[Jen]

I didn't need braces. I was jealous of everyone getting their braces off...
I want them.

The only advce I can give, don't put a retainer under your pillow... it will brake and it won't be my fault. :D

[Tom]

Invisalign = the way forward

Dentist told me I needed them for my bottom teeth. I wasn't cool enough for braces so got invisalign instead

[Princess]

I have no idea what plates are.For braces they hurt for a few days after you get them but then they're fine. I just ate icecream for like 3 days,lol! All I ever avoided was chewing gum and apples with braces but that was it.And getting teeth out doesn't hurt,I've had a few and you just feel numb.

[pinkmichk]

i had plates ones cos i sucked my thumb so ended up with a big overbite i had to have 4 teeth removed before i had them to make space for the teeth to move back you can have things like chewing gum and stuff as long as you careful but be warned you may need to carry a toothbrush and paste around with you cos if it gets stuck you'll need to brush them clean the only no no i found was toffees i actually broke my wires on 2 separate occassions on a toffee
they do cause a bit of pain esp at first when your still adjusting to them and after any adjustments to the wires to make them a bit tighter but otherwise on the most part you will be fine

[*mazedsalv**]

Having it over the roof of your mouth sounds horrible and uncomfortable.

[pinkmichk]

you get used to it at first its just like errrrrghhhh yuck once your used to it you hardly notice its there

[pinkmichk]

oh and the one i had was like a plastic plate that is shaped to your mouth (the worst part for me was having the impressions done with this putty stuff so they have the right shape for your mouth) with the wires running through it you only feel the parts of those actually on your teeth not over the roof of mouth

[*mazedsalv**]

Can you see the plates when you smile?
Also which is more confortable, the plates or the actual braces?

[pinkmichk]

nope i had clear ones and where they sit is right up on roof of mouth behind the teeth so unless you are leaning your head back with mouth wide open all people will see are the wires across teeth
i've only had the plates ones and only really found them a bit uncomfy the first few days

[Princess]

You get used to braces,they're only sore getting them on mostly. Never had the plates. Argee about the putty stuff,that's probably worse than either of them,lol!

[Ninastar]

I have braces now and i think they are ok lol. I used to be like omg nooo but I kinda actually like them now. However I feel like an idiot when I smile. I smile stupidly anyway so its worse with braces.

[bronaaaa]

I noticed my retainer more, with braces after a few days you wouldn't even notice they're there. They're while hard to keep clean but, like when I had fruit or bread bits would get stuck, it's rotten. :yuk:
I like gthem though, wern't too bad.

[Harry!]

Eat soft foods and not hard foods and you will be fine

[Ninastar]

Oh yeh. After like a few months. (it goes by so quikly honest!!) its easier to eat hard food. I always drink fizzy drinks and sweets and nothing ever happens to me!!

[supernoodles!]

Plates are what you get before you have your brace fitted they go on the roof of your mouth,I can`t remember having too much trouble with mine,I think it was irritating at first but then you forget its even their just like with the brace.I diddn`t find the plate uncomfortable and It diddn`t make my speach any different.
I had two teeth removed aswell before I got my brace and honestly it was fine,It diddn`t hurt it was just a bit scary as Id never had teeth out before and it is a bit uncomfortable until the swelling goes down but its not that bad,don`t worry about it.
The worst part of the whole brace experience was getting the actual brace itself,I hated it at first.I remember the night I got it I came home and cried,I thought I looked so awful with it.It hurts when you first get it in or at least it did for me and it hurts when you go back to have it tightened.I couldn`t eat anything for the first day without it hurting.I remember being in Mc Donalds at about 13 trying to eat chips and I couldn`t even manage them.
The good news is it is SO worth it,honestly.The pain goes away after 1 or 2 days and you can eat whatever you want again.Well your not ment to becuase my orthadontist said I would get stains on my teeth if I eat too much sugar but I diddnt listen and I was fine anyway.Im not saying don`t listen to him/her becuase I may have just been the exception in that I used to have pretty white and strong teeth anyway.Thats another positive my teeth and sooo white now and well as straight.I diddn`t even have particularly bad teeth to start with but it has made all the difference,noone wants to be the one with the dodgy teeth and you will feel so confident in photos and when talking to people once you`ve completed the treatment.I can`t stress how worth it is.After a while you get used to them and you will forget you even have them in honestly.Another thing is that people used to say they hardly ever noticed mine,I dont know if they were just being nice but w/e lol,I also had a long term bf while I had mine in and even he said he diddnt particularly notice them.Its best to ahve them now,infact its best to have them as young as possible,it will make you so much more confident and feel better about yourself,even if your teeth aren`t particularly bad.My smile is like my best feature now lol.
You wont get depressed,there will be other people in the same boat as you,everyone has braces at some point these days,its nothing to be ashamed of.You will forget they are there and so will everyone else-honest

[*mazedsalv**]

Originally posted by supernoodles!
Plates are what you get before you have your brace fitted they go on the roof of your mouth,I can`t remember having too much trouble with mine,I think it was irritating at first but then you forget its even their just like with the brace.I diddn`t find the plate uncomfortable and It diddn`t make my speach any different.
I had two teeth removed aswell before I got my brace and honestly it was fine,It diddn`t hurt it was just a bit scary as Id never had teeth out before and it is a bit uncomfortable until the swelling goes down but its not that bad,don`t worry about it.
The worst part of the whole brace experience was getting the actual brace itself,I hated it at first.I remember the night I got it I came home and cried,I thought I looked so awful with it.It hurts when you first get it in or at least it did for me and it hurts when you go back to have it tightened.I couldn`t eat anything for the first day without it hurting.I remember being in Mc Donalds at about 13 trying to eat chips and I couldn`t even manage them.
The good news is it is SO worth it,honestly.The pain goes away after 1 or 2 days and you can eat whatever you want again.Well your not ment to becuase my orthadontist said I would get stains on my teeth if I eat too much sugar but I diddnt listen and I was fine anyway.Im not saying don`t listen to him/her becuase I may have just been the exception in that I used to have pretty white and strong teeth anyway.Thats another positive my teeth and sooo white now and well as straight.I diddn`t even have particularly bad teeth to start with but it has made all the difference,noone wants to be the one with the dodgy teeth and you will feel so confident in photos and when talking to people once you`ve completed the treatment.I can`t stress how worth it is.After a while you get used to them and you will forget you even have them in honestly.Another thing is that people used to say they hardly ever noticed mine,I dont know if they were just being nice but w/e lol,I also had a long term bf while I had mine in and even he said he diddnt particularly notice them.Its best to ahve them now,infact its best to have them as young as possible,it will make you so much more confident and feel better about yourself,even if your teeth aren`t particularly bad.My smile is like my best feature now lol.
You wont get depressed,there will be other people in the same boat as you,everyone has braces at some point these days,its nothing to be ashamed of.You will forget they are there and so will everyone else-honest

Thanks :bigsmile:

[Jayson]

Well, I have perfect teeth, not bragging but mine look exactly like they have had braces but i never did. So I cant give advice, but you will benefit alot from braces.

[sol]

I had a lot of orthodointic work done on my teeth when I was in my early teens so can speak from my experience with the process somewhat I suppose.
I had 6 teeth removed followed by a removable brace which I had to wear for the best part of a year. After this I had train tracks for about 2 years followed by a retainer which I wore at night times until I was 18.

In terms of pain you shouldn't worry. The most painful thing I found was the first few days after visiting the orthodontist, the pain was never sharp and intense but numb/discomfort. Obviously having 6 teeth out in one go wasn't pleasant but you don't feel a thing.
In terms of food, I didn't change my diet at all but I could remove my first brace whereas you say you can't. Wth the train tracks though, as long as you take brushing your teeth seriously twice a day you can pretty much eat what you want.
With the talking lol, my first brace affected my speech quite badly but the trick is to keep at it and practice, you quickly get used to talking properly with it in.

Good luck :spin:

[Christina]

Aww :(

You think that's bad though, i gotta have braces when i'm like 18 and also an operation all because of my overbite :bawling: really don't understand why i can't just have braces now and get it over with.. apparantly my mouth hasnt grown enough yet.. how annoying!