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