I just got braces.

I drove out and bought a milkshake. Feels s'hittons better.

Oh, I forgot to mention that I only had braces on my lower jaw, so that probably would effect the severity of pain/awkwardness. My bad.

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First few days, stick to the mashed potatoes, minced meats, ice cream, etc. Then slowly move up the food hardness scale. It took me about two months to get back to where I was before in terms of eating, but I also had an expander and steel rods pulling my lower jaw up to my upper (overbite correction).

They took out the damned expander three years ago or so and my tongue still has cuts in it from the metal.

Think wisdom teeth removal for food, but you advance to less soft foods at a slower rate.

I just got my top braces on because they want to see how well it works with my bottom teeth. This will determine whether or not they'll have to extract teeth from the bottom.

I was born with a V-Shaped Jaw so my mouth was born stupid, don't know why we waited this long to get braces, but I guess I have to deal with it. So yeah, the top portion of my teeth is crazy pain. I'm pretty sure it's the spacers that are leaving me with an agonizing pain, not the braces themselves.

Jello, pudding, anything super soft as others have said.


Also be careful with banging utensils against your teeth - I always was eating ice cream and then banged the spoon against my teeth - hurt like hell. As long as you're cautious and avoid chewing, you'll be alright.

It took me about a week to get to anything close to solid food. s:

I had braces once. This is what I did to them:

vaporize your food and inhale the fumes

Better to get your teeth fixed while you're young than to go through life with snaggletoof

Cup ramen (or soup in general i suppose) will be your bestest friend. Ever. Nice and warm so it soothes the pain, there's no chewing involved, and it's good! When i was a freshman in high school and had my braces for some time already they served them in the cafeteria for $1 each. I was in love. And then they took them away from me the following year.

Aside from that, believe it or not, chewing actually helps you adjust to the pain quicker. If you really can't bear the pain (after reading your description of your V shaped jaw i'd imagine it's insane) and want to let the pain subside naturally try using your tongue against the roof of your mouth to break up softer foods. Helps for popcorn.