I have rubber bands in my teeth

[SuperSuit12]

Ow.

So basically my teeth are too close together for the thing that I have to have before I get braces so the orthodontist or however that's spelled stuck tiny rubber bands between my teeth. I can no longer eat and it hurts to swallow, I'm drinking those weird nutrition shake things and I hate them. It feels like the rubber bands are trying to pull my teeth out. And this is just the first of three things that has to happen. There's this, then an expander thingy, THEN braces. So I have to give up soda soon, but not immediately, because braces. It hurts.

giv simpathi plz

seriously I'm taking a generic-tylenol-thingy because it hurts so much without it, hopefully it stops hurting so much, the orthodontist says it's supposed to be annoying for a day or so and then not noticable, said nothing about "so painful when anything touches the teeth that have the rubber bands around them that you can't even eat solid food"

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[Space1255]

Just keep wearing them or they'll get an annoying-ass spring in there and then it'll really hurt.
Source: Me

[SimpleFish]

End it all so you don't have to sit through the pain.

[News]

only thing you can do is wait it out. don't mess with it because then you will have to wear it longer. pull through.
source: i had the same stuff on me

[Prokiller10]

Graduated braces wearer here, just try and deal with it. Eventually, you will get used to it within a few days.
Also remember to change bands every few days so that the band doesn't snap.

[tails]

If I've learnt anything from dentists it's that everybody's different and the pain might last for anytime it wants


- Somebody who had pain last 4 weeks longer then told

[carolcat]

did you just get them? because the pain should subside after a few days. when i first got my braces, i couldn't eat anything for the first few days that i had them. any solid food was too painful to eat.

just a word of warning, it's gonna hurt whenever they change the wires of your braces, too.

[ChexGuy331]

wait you have to give up soda because of braces?

did I forget everything up for four years?

I only got two or three separators before my braces and they weren't too bad. Wonder why you can't even eat.

[carolcat]

wait you have to give up soda because of braces?

did I forget everything up for four years?

i drank soda just fine with my braces lol

[Torin]

it hurts really badly the first few days, but it'll go away trust me
eat stuff like soup for a while, even the softest of foods will forgetin hurt badly
also make sure you change bands and clean your teeth often so you dont forget yourself over and get white spots on your teeth when they're removed

[ChexGuy331]

i drank soda just fine with my braces lol

everyone I know that had braces forgetin' chewed gum when they had them lmao

[}]Crazy[{]

i had those too because my teeth are too close
now they squish eachother and overlap and one day theill form into a single supertooth
honestly dont know if my jaw will handle the wisdom teeth but until then

[SuperSuit12]

Graduated braces wearer here, just try and deal with it. Eventually, you will get used to it within a few days.
Also remember to change bands every few days so that the band doesn't snap.

wut
I don't have braces yet
this is a thing to prepare for the thing that prepares for the braces, the bands stay there until they take them out. My teeth are like, REALLY close together apparently, so they have to do this before they put in the expander thing that makes my mouth bigger or something. it hurts because it's forcing my teeth apart unnaturally.

[SubDaWoofer]

forget what they say
i eat whatever i want
even gum or soda
source:me

[Drydess]

forget what they say
i eat whatever i want
even gum or soda
source:me

i feel bad for future you