My Braces Experience

First of all I would like to apologise for the lack of posts for 2 weeks this was because I decided to take a break from blogging to catch up with my homework and revision. During those two weeks I got my braces off after a year of wearing them!! I thought I would do this post as I know that many people have to get braces at one point and I want to be able to help prepare any of you who are getting braces soon, I am going to be writing about what happened/my experience in getting braces. I have put the before and after I got my braces off above.


Before I got them on I had been advised to take pain killers about 1 hour before I went and got my braces put on, this might have been the best advice ever because for about 3 hours after I got them on I had no aches or pain. But as it started wearing off it felt like my whole face was aching it wasn't painful it just was like a dull ache. Eating was hard for the first few days as my teeth hurt when any pressure was put on them but to get round that all you have to is eat soft foods and foods you don't have to chew. After a week/two weeks you should feel back to normal again.


I went back every so often to get my braces tightened to sort out my overbite and each time the ache came back but only lasted for a day. Around January/February time I got given little elastic bands (they look a little like loom bands) that connected from the front to the back of my braces. If you get these elastic bands it is really important that you wear them when you are told to because if you never wear it your teeth aren't going to change and you will just have to wear braces for longer.


Braces aren't the worst things ever and I think I have got lucky on my experience with getting them. If you are getting braces soon, it may seem like a long and tedious thing but trust me in the end all of it will be so worth it.

If you have braces what is the best advice you would give to someone just getting braces?

Ella x