Braces Help! Ouch!?!


Question: Hi. I just got braces a week ago. The brackets in the back of my mouth scratched up the insides of my cheeks. I went to the orthodontist and they sanded them down, but since there are the scratches and little puffy bumps on my cheeks, everytime I move around my mouth, the brackets end up touching the scratches and Ouch! I put on wax, and have been rinsing w/ salt water, but their taking forever to heal.

Is there anything else I can do?

Thanks so much!


Answers: Hi. I just got braces a week ago. The brackets in the back of my mouth scratched up the insides of my cheeks. I went to the orthodontist and they sanded them down, but since there are the scratches and little puffy bumps on my cheeks, everytime I move around my mouth, the brackets end up touching the scratches and Ouch! I put on wax, and have been rinsing w/ salt water, but their taking forever to heal.

Is there anything else I can do?

Thanks so much!

i have braces too..and when i got them on for the first time i had the same problem...

there's nothing else that you can really do besides putting wax on it...

i know, it does take forever to heal..but it will heal eventually, just give it some time. and you'll get use to the brackets after a couple of weeks.

hope this kinda helped :/ :]

best thing to do is let it make the calluses it needs to so that you are comfortable with them in your mouth so take out the wax it will hurt but after your mouth calluses your going to be just fine

not really, your cheeks will get used to them overtime after two years of braces i still can feel the dents it has left on the side of my cheeks lol, sorry i couldn't help you that much but its the truth

Eek! I remember those days. Put bigger pieces of wax on and wait it out hon. Eventually they will heal and feel better.

all you can do is wait for them to heal. I've had braces for eight years, you get used to them!

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