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How do you go about getting braces from a dental school?

Getting braces in a week! A few questions! Thanks 10 points,?

  • I'm 13, and I'm getting bottom Metal braces, then invisalign a few weeks later. 1. What are some things I can't eat at all? 2. What color looks best? And yes I DO want colors. 3. Do braces make you talk funny? Haha 4. How long does it hurt? And how much does it hurt 1-10? 5. Do I have to brush my teeth at school? Because after lunch, I have like no time to go brush my teeth. 6. Any other info! :] thank youuu!

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    I got my braces on when I was in 5th grade- and had them off when I was in 7th. I'm a Freshman now lol 1) things you can't eat, (I would say) would be things really sticky or chewy like laffy taffy or hard caramel. you just have to take small bites and makesure nothing pulls really hard on your braces. 2) I went with my school colors, Orange and /black. But I also had them around christmas so red/green too. But just try to mix and match the colors :) And if you don't like them, you can always change them again when you get your braces tightened. 3)Lol, they don't make you talk funny but If you're like me, My upper lip would always get stuck on my top braces until I got used to making sure my lip was over them. You might be sore when to get them on too- my braces rubbed in certain areas but no worries! You should or can ask for a special wax that really helps keep your braces from rubbing ;) 4) The first few days I thing are the worst. Since you've never worn braces before it's probably going to be (depending on your pain tolerance) 5+. For me it was a 15 out of 10 but try and take some aspirin or pain relieving medicine before or after you get them on so it will start working before the pain 'kicks in'. 5) I was a bit of a slacker and didn't brush my teeth at school.But that's also because I ended up eating PB&J's for about a year. (1) because they were good and (2) because they were soft and easy to eat with sore teeth. I Would recommend stopping by the rest room on your way back to class though and just check and make sure nothing is caught in your braces- 6) Really be careful around candy!! lol If you can't bite it off, then either don't eat it or just wait until it melts in your mouth. Also, if you eat corn.... don't eat it in public lol. Cut it off the cob and use a fork or something to eat it. if you eat it off the cob with braces, you will have a hay-day getting it out :P (Believe me I've done it before!! xD) 7) You may lose a few pounds too. it's nothing bad./ it's just because you may have had to change the things you eat or stop eating certain foods. No worries though! :) Hope this helps!! Good Luck

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I will answer # 5. With Invisalign braces, you MUST brush after every meal and snack. No excuses. You have to allow 2-3 minutes to brush, or you will end up with cavities. Besides no one wants to see your lunch stuck in your metal braces either.

Patricia

1 your not allowed to eat any kind of hard sweets or lollypops... drinking fizzy drinks is not advisable unless on a special occasion, everything else is alright 2 id say blue or pink depends if your a boy or girl but also quite popular is purple 3 nope you talk the same 4 getting them put on doesnt hurt at all, its when they tighten them every 6 to 7 weeks that hurts abit but the pain isnt that bad and it only lasts a day where your teeth are sensitive... on a pain scale its about a 4 or 5 5 you dont have to at school but they advise you to as soon as you get home as you need to do it at least 3 times in a day 6 dont stress :) ive had mine for a year now and they've been way way better than what i expected!

littl3midg3t

1. Well, you're basically aloud to eat anything except for hard things like you can't bite them or else your brackets will break off and thats a big no no! You can eat normal food like meat, but just make sure you cut everything you eat up into small pieces. But you should stay away from sticky candy like caramel etc 2. It really depends on your skin tone, but if I were you, I would go with something not noticeable like neutral colours.. Braces aren't so attractive once you get them on. 3. Not really, I just got them on yesterday and you will talk funny because you aren't use to it, but you will get use to it and act like your talking self! 4. I would say a 8 to be honest, but again it really depends on what you get. Yesterday, I got top, bottom and elastics on the same day, crazy huh? I got it easy though, because I have a blue glue sort of dot on my molar that keeps my top teeth from banging on my bottom because of my over bite and if I didn't have that, my bottom brackets would have been broken by now, anyway! What really hurts the most is if something touches your teeth, either if its a small tap or a big tap, it will HURT. 5. No, you don't. If you're scared of getting food suck in your teeth at school, you can always buy a mini orthodontic tooth brush which is basically a brush that goes in between your wires to get all the food out. 6. Drink advil properly, it will help a tad.

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