I'm Getting Braces Next Week, HELP!!!?!

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Okay color wise stay away from any yellows, browns, or clear(they get stained with food and it looks dirty).
Flossing is WICKED important, trust me, you have to string the floss through your braces in order to get it done :]
The little christmas tree looking utensil they give you to clean the food out of your braces will become your best friend.
Omg! and the wax, you will definitley need, ask for extra's when you go in.
Brush your teeth all the time and make sure to do it at funky angles so you can clean all the areas around your brackets, you dont want to have yellow stains around where they were!
I just got my braces off and I wish I followed these tips more lol

you can pick your school colors, colors of an upcoming holiday, its really whatever you like. it's going to hurt and yoour food will taste like metal for a week or twoo, after that it goes away. stock up on soft soft foods, like mashed potatoes, ramen and jello. these will be one of the very few items that won't hurt as bad.spend more time brushing. they should show you how to brush and floss. you might want to get an extra toothbrush and take it to school, to brush after lunch. its always embrassing to have food stuck in your braces. they tell you what foods not to eat. truth you can still have popcorn and gum. when eating popcorn, just be careful not to get a huge kernal and the gum, keep it restricted to stride, or winterfresh, or big red, gums that are super chewy and sticky. take pain medication before you go and at dinner.

good luck

had braces for 5 or 6 years

Exciting! haha.
I've had my braces for over 2 years now, so my suggestions would be:
brush as often as you need to, and be extra cautious of the brackets, but there's no need to obsess over it.
be careful of certain foods; personally, i haven't ruled out things like chips, gum, and pizza, i just don't eat it the way i used to, like i only put a few chips in at a time, break food into smaller pieces, and chew sugar free gum, which i've found less likely to stick.
As far as colors go, pick your favorites, i wouldn't go with anything too light, or it'll stain easily or anything too festive because around this time kids with red and green braces look a little confused.
Good luck! :)

get mini brush tips that can go inbetween the braces, those help a lot. just brush the way you normally do.. DO NOT drink a lot of cofffeee or you will have white squares in the middle of your teeth after you get your braces off. and for colors i would pick any except for white. the white actually makes your teeth look dirty.. and i wouldnt recommend black either. I hope this helps!!

previous experience with braces

I had braces for 4 years.. all the brushing 4 tinmes a day and staying away from pop and stuff is not true i ate las if i didnt have braces. and i just got them off and they look fine. So all the stuff is like a lie.
I brusheds 2 times a day and sometimes flossed

Brush a lot and don't eat anything too chewy or too crunchy.
Eat little by little.

brush alot

don't trip, er thing's gon be k. alot of people get braces and they live

dont eat Doritos!!!

your dentist will give you all that info take his advice