Dental braces post adjustment pain Posted: 11-28-07 11:34am
My 16yr old has braces, she went for her
adjustment yesterday and her mouth is
extremely sore. Besides a pain reliever is
there anything else I can do for her?
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Tmddyan
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Posted: 11-29-07 15:49pm
You can actually expect that every time
she has an adjustment. mine hurt all the
time. You can put ice or heat on it. and
keep the food soft. that will help. It may
get easier for her as time goes on.
Also--are her wisdom teeth coming in at
all? i know that mine decided to come in
at the same time i had braces and it was
really no fun. you may want to look into
having the wisdom teeth pulled if so. if
they are it might be a good thing that she
has braces because it will hold the rest
of her teeth where they should be.
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fleur123
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Posted: 12-01-07 01:52am
i used to get that every time i got an
adjustment too, now i've got my braces off
can hardly
eat for a while - i ate soft foods like
yogurt etc and something like warmed
lemonade is always nice i don't know if it
actually helps that much, but it's nice
and i had it a few times...
hope this helped
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dental_floss
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Posted: 12-05-07 15:58pm
like the other two posted, i had the same
problem everytime i got an braces
adjustment. it will take about a week to
really get use to it, but the soreness
should get better in 2-3 days. i never
took any pain relievers and i did fine, so
im sure she will be ok. if she doesn't get
better in a weeks time then i would
suggest contacting the dentist for help.
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preciouschild
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Posted: 12-05-07 17:18pm
I experience the same thing, even when i
don't get my wires changed. what kind
does she have?? I've got smartclip (which
are said to be more painful) however they
are quicker and i decided that's what i
wanted. Anyways i've used motrin,
tylenol, advil and others (not all at
once!) but they didn't really help, and
the wax didn't either. What i've been
doing after adjustments is using my tongue
to press firmly against my teeth. I don't
know if it's okay to do, but it helps me
alot. What you could also do is tell her
to just close her mouth firmly together, i
know it sounds weird. But i asked my
dentist about it and she said as long as
i'am not doing it at night or grinding it
would be fine. Hope she feels better,
preciouschild
can hardly
eat for a while - i ate soft foods like
yogurt etc and something like warmed
lemonade is always nice 
i don't know if it
actually helps that much, but it's nice
and i had it a few times...
