Pain from braces hard to eat?!
Question: I've had the top row of braces for almost a year now but today I just got the bottom ow done. My orthodontist said that the bottom row will hurt way more and it should make me lose my appetite from the pain but I should try and eat through it so I don't lose weight or make myself sick. After three hours I tried to eat but it hurt so bad I cried. Thr nurse tightened them about 3x what she was supposed to so it isn't supposed to hurt this bad......I know how bad oral pain hurts by now, I had an upper exposure (The oral surgeon put me down cut my gums open in 6 places to put a bracket and a chain on my tooth that was laying sideways and they pulled that tooth down painfully for the next year) but even that didn't hurt like this.....any suggestions?
Answers: I've had the top row of braces for almost a year now but today I just got the bottom ow done. My orthodontist said that the bottom row will hurt way more and it should make me lose my appetite from the pain but I should try and eat through it so I don't lose weight or make myself sick. After three hours I tried to eat but it hurt so bad I cried. Thr nurse tightened them about 3x what she was supposed to so it isn't supposed to hurt this bad......I know how bad oral pain hurts by now, I had an upper exposure (The oral surgeon put me down cut my gums open in 6 places to put a bracket and a chain on my tooth that was laying sideways and they pulled that tooth down painfully for the next year) but even that didn't hurt like this.....any suggestions?
yeah, same thing happend to me i got my bottoms on awhile ago tho... the pain to eat isn't worth it. umm, its sounds stupid but it really works. well u prolly already know take tynol and stuff like that. but theres this gel they have in like "rite aid" or "walgreens" its like "baby gum mednice" its for babys when there teeth come in to soothe the pain. but u can use it for ur braces it numbs ur mouth so u can't feel anything, and theres no limit of how much u can put on=) it works all the time.
good luck
Use some Tylenol, it will probably go away in an hour
Maybe you should eat mash potatoes. I lived on those when i got my bottom braces. Also smoothies and ice cream are a good treat.
eat soft foods like:
mashed potatoes
applesauce
hope this helps!!
You might try alternating Tylenol with Ibuprofen....taking 2 of the 500mg Tylenol (making it "extra strenth") and in 6 hours take 2 or 3 Ibuprofen pills. That way you have something in your system continually for the pain but are not taking too much of either drug. We do the same for high fevers in the ER. It helps keep fever under control and helps with people's pains, too.
If that does't get it, call your orthodontist. He could've given you a few of something stronger if he knew he was going to move your teeth that harshly.
HHmm, well for me it didn't hurt that much, but you know, different for everyone. Eat some ice cream and smoothies and take a pain medicine. it will get less painful in a few days.