I just got my ibraces on Monday Sept 14 HELP

[mandersonjr]

OKay I have a good amount of questions.

Will my lisp go away! its been almost 4 days and I still have a lisp, but my mouth is beginning to feel a little better. My teeth are still tender and my tongue is messed up. After they heal, please tell me the lisp will go away.Im 21 and in college, how can I get a girl with a lisp! haha oh man I dont know if I can take this.

Also, if I kissed someone, would they feel my ibraces? Im nervous about that too.

After I put oraljel on, my speech gets better when my mouth doesnt hurt, but my lisp is pretty bad.

Also when my teeth are not so tender, can I eat normal food like sandwhichs and pizza? Everything gets in these damn braces.

Help with comments, or if you have or had ibraces, give me some advice about anything and everything.

thank you

[Sunny]

Hi and welcome!

I've never had ibraces, but I work for an ortho who uses them. We've never had a patient bail, but most do seem to take a little longer to adjust ... maybe closer to two weeks than one.

For all the patients we work with, their lisp does go, but it may take a few weeks due to the tongue having to adjust to less room to move in and make sounds in. We recommend our patients sing and read outloud as often as they can. Use wax generously on the brackets and keep well hydrated ... all the same stuff as we recommend for our other braces.

You should be able to eat normally quite quickly, but food will get caught, it has no choice, due to the nature of ortho treatment ... this happens no matter where the brackets are. To reduce the nuisance factor, drink while you're eating ... this adds to your hydration as well ... so it's all good! To begin with, cut your food into small pieces, and try chewing it ... eventually you'll get used to the feel of eating and food getting 'stuck' ... and life will continue well for your treatment.

The best thing you can do is never forget why you decided to do this and what you're longing for as the outcome! It's amazing how helpful a positive attitude is!

Good luck and remember how lucky you are to be able to afford to do this for yourself!

[mandersonjr]

thank you! im on day 4, and my mouth has started to heal a little. and my lisp gets better randomly but then gets bad at other times. i cant wait to eat real food

[Sunny]

Keep trying as we only ask our patients not to eat real food for four hours, then to get back to eating what they usually eat as quickly as possible. This also helps your body adjust.

It's good that the oral gel is helping, as sometimes that combined with wax, is how getting back to eating well will happen. Remember the ibraces are tough ... eating hard food carefully will not affect them!

Good luck!

[mandersonjr]

I feel like Im going to break them, anytime I eat something, even if its pizza. But Im on day 5 and I still have a lisp and cant eat solids. So after the 7-14 days, does the lisp go away completely or does it just go away a little bit? And im confused about the salt water thing, I poor a teaspoon of salt in a warm glass of water and swush it around in my mouth? thank you

[Sunny]

I'm guessing you can use as little or as much salt as you want. My ortho recommends a pinch ... and the size of a pinch depends on the size of your fingers I guess. Rinsing as often as you can throughout the day when your mouth is sore, will usually soothe your mouth, which does make you feel a lot better.

You have to get past the "I think I'm going to break them" feeling, as that will inhibit your eating. Good luck with that!

I recommend you read what Waxy has written ... here!