Hello! :) New to the forum

[emilykutcher]

Hey everyone! I'm Emily and I'm seventeen, I got my braces on in March of last year. My teeth have always been perfectly straight and cavity free, but were always a bit late coming in. As of last April, I still had 8 baby teeth to lose, and there were no sign of a few of those adult teeth to take their place. Those 2 teeth were up near my nasal cavity, and needed to be pulled down with wires so I had to get oral surgery & had two teeth extracted, along with 6 others pulled, thus I needed to get braces to attach the wires to.

I got my braces tightened today, and the three weeks following my appointment is filled with extreeeeme soreness, it stinks. I was hoping to find some new brace-faced friends here, so, hello!

[Sunny]

Hi and welcome to this forum Emily!

It's great you're having your impacted teeth corrected now. I had one impacted tooth, but was 47 by the time my ortho and OS wanted to expose it. Unfortunately it was found to have become attached to the bone, and now it's taking years for the gap to be closed and the teeth behind moved forward.

Sorry your adjustments cause you so much discomfort. Have you tired chewing to help relieve this soreness? Also rinsing with warm salt water can often soothe the mouth, and would be worth you trting.

Good luck with your treatment!

[Janesays]

you'll find plenty of metal mouths here! welcome to the forum and i'm sure you are going to enjoy your new teeth for the rest of your life!

[Stephanie]

welcome emily. it gets much easier. hang in there

[emilykutcher]

Thanks everyone! It's nice to meet all of you.

[mariahfromchicago]

Welcome Emily.