Next week I get braces. How to enjoy my last week?

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Next Wednesday I'll be getting braces. The ortho said I'll need them "2 to 2 1/2 years". Hopefully not that long. I'm wondering how can I enjoy my last week of freedom lol. I'm gonna eat the hardest and stickiest food I can find 😂😂😂 Also, any tips on how to get used to braces? Thanks guys and gals

JulieXO · Accepted Answer

Eat crunchy food, because you won't be able to chew anything for like a week after getting them (and another week everytime your braces et tightened). Enjoy gum, cause you're gonna have to say bye bye to that one as well. Cherish the fact that tooth-brushing takes around 3 minutes and doesn't destroy your toothbrush completely. Go make out with as many peaople as you can (not literally but like seriously, kissing is so much nicer without braces.) Eat all the muesli, peanutbutter jelly sandwiches and apples, cause those are suuper hard to get out of your braces.

Sara413 · Accepted Answer

Give a blow job.

TheFlak38 · Accepted Answer

I fucking hated braces. But I had them in a much younger age. You'll need time to get used to them. After that you will be able to eat as well as you could without them. What you won't be able to do is keep the clean enough with your tooth brush. You will always have pieces sticked in them. And that for me is was the worst thing about them.

matheus_mb · Accepted Answer

It's not as bad as it seems, just in the beginning it will hurt. I had them for four years, it's no big deal. You don't need to do anything special.

ale82004 · Answer

To enjoy your last week without braces, I say, eat anything you will not be able to eat after you get braces. Hard candy and foods, gum. As a person who is currently having braces, I will warn you in advanced that it will be painful for 3-7 days. I say you enjoy these days to eat your fave ice cream flavors! Also, you HAVE to brush your teeth and check if there is anything stuck in your braces. One more thing, don't choose purple as the first color for your braces! A friend of mine got purple on and it looked like pink and so he was called the boy with pink braces for a month. Enjoy your last week! :D

Cherokeehp · Answer

It's really not that big of a deal. I had braces a few years ago. They originally told me that I'd only need them for a year, but I eneded up keeping them for 2 years. I ate all the foods you're not supposed to eat and nothing really ever happened. The one time I ever damaged my braces was when I was flossing and the floss managed to get tangled in my braces and I somehow pulled an entire bracket off when I tried to remove it. All you really need to worry about is getting a boatload of wax cause the brackets and wires are definitely gonna scrape up the inside of your mouth sooner or later.

MaisGem21 · Answer

I first got my braces when I was 14 on both top and bottom.

Got taken out at 16. Then put back in at 17 because of a change of Orthodontics and the new orthodontic said I wasn't ready. Got taken out at 19.

I still ate sticky, sugary food... I wasn't going to live my teen years just eating vegetables :') as long as you brush your teeth afterwards don't worry about it

alindrik_foxy · Answer

when I first got braces, my jaw and teeth hurt so I couldn't really chew or bite down. my solution to that was smoothies cuz they're cold to soothe your teeth and tasty. Also, when you get braces you'll have to pick stuff out of them and you aren't allowed to bite into stuff. so yeah

CHARismatic110 · Answer

I had them for 2.5 years. The best part was the color rubber bands. Other than that, they were a pain. I'd say eat all the candy, popcorn, corn etc you can because once you get them trying to eat anything with be hella annoying. The most annoying parts for me was the way they rubbed against the inside of my lips, and getting them tightened.

ThatonegirI · Answer

Gum. Taffy. Tootsie rolls. Now before it's too late.

For tips, chew soft food as much as you can, even if it hurts, because this speeds up the process and it won't be as painful for as long. The first week is always the worst. ALWAYS wear your elastics as instructed. I'd also recommend brushing your teeth twice over at night.

Good luck!

( Keep in mind when I had braces I chewed sugar free trident gum and I didn't have any issues because it isn't sticky )

MyThoLoGy · Answer

Braces aren't so bad to be honest, just dont smile ever, or walk next to a magnet. You might lose a tooth or a two from the magnet pulling your braces out. Happy living!

xxNDMxx · Answer

Lol make sure to get yourself some dental wax. Cold sores + Braces = The worst.
Though I have no problems eating sticky food with braces, you might as well eat all the hardest and stickiest food you can get your hands on.

slatyb · Answer

I've worn them twice. It will be over sooner than you think and then you'll be happy you did it. Be sure to do everything your orthodontist tells you, and wear your retainers after the braces come off.

PurpleTeardrops2 · Answer

Lol luckky. I got them on about 7 months ago. After my 18th b-day, not fair lol. But tbh I still eat the same crunchy tacos, nachos, etc. I just learn how to chew more slowly and carefully so nothing gets stuck in my braces.

LonelyNLove · Answer

GUM, Chewy Candy! Anything hard to bite into enjoy it now... The first month or so it will be painful to eat anything tough. Also each time you get them tightened expect a headache for like a week. But gum and candy will get all caught up in them so those are the main things... Once the pain is gone.. you can pretty much eat anything you want.

Luci92 · Answer

Eat all the foods that'll likely get stuck in them. Braces hurt a bit initially, but the time flies when you have them on, they're definitely worth it. You'll be fine!

Paris13 · Answer

I wore braces and after Awhile, even with a Smile... It becomes a Way of Life without the Strife. Good luck, Good Looking... Today, if you don't Wear braces, you are nothing. These are Not cheap!! xx

Anonymous · Answer

Enjoy how you don't have food stuck in your braces every time you eat. Enjoy the really good, extra sticky and hard things like brittle, taffy, etc. braces aren't that bad though. And the time flies by! Be thankful you can get them. :-)

Drooogie4 · Answer

eat whatever you wanna eat. Because good luck with a lot of stuff with braces. EVERYTHING GETS STUCK IN THEM.

Daynada · Answer

You can still eat all that stuff. It's not as big of a deal as they make it out to. m be. The only thing that can be painful is when he tightens them and make sure you get wax occasionally cuz the inside of your mouth can get sore.

springocelot · Answer

eat all the forbidden food - ice, taffy, brittle, sugar gum, bite into a whole apple

TheQuietNerdyGirl · Answer

eat foods that you can't eat with braces. For example, toffee or sticky sauces etc.

FunnyWeird-O · Answer

GUM. EAT CHT LOADS OF GUM AND TAKE OPEN SMILE SELFIES!!!

madhatters4 · Answer

i'd say eat the foods you won't be able to eat once you have braces

TheDevilInside · Answer

Eat all the spinach and chillies and chicken and pulled pork you want

DanoM1 · Answer

I used to wear braces. It's horrible the first weeks, then you get used to it

TheRebel69 · Answer

If you like chewy foods, or foods that are stringy or flaky, definitely eat as much as you can.

MsHeidi · Answer

Eat things that might get stuck between your teeth and smile wide without braces while you still can...

Puppylove94 · Answer

braces aren't that bad. Eat an apple a day tho before hand.. and corn. Those are what i missed eating most

randomprofile · Answer

eat your favorite food because when you get them you won't be able to eat jello your teeth will be in so much pain

lumberman9 · Answer

Don't worry having braces will seem normal and you won't even realize that they're there, you just have to fight past the first few days because those are painful

Autumn-Bunny · Answer

I had them for three year lmao my teeth were fugly. Just please brush your teeth and don't be lazy. They smell.

SleepingSnorlax · Answer

Eat as much of the following as you can Corn on the cob Caramel Candy apples Normal apple Taffy Gum

JustCallMeLeon · Answer

Always carry a toothbrush. Sometimes it will be very painful to even touch your teeth. Have some meal replacement shakes in stock. :)

addictwithapen · Answer

ENJOY APPLES AND POPCORN WHILE IT LAST! CHEW ALL THE ICE, EAT CARAMEL CHEW GUM, DRINK SODA

Wingedz · Answer

Eat chocolate, pizza, AND the most is POPCORN , because you can't eat that after getting braces.

SuicidalTeen · Answer

Eat as many things that you wouldn't be able to eat with braces

Adigelunar · Answer

eat as much as u can because u won't be able to eat anything for a week lol

Streamhopper · Answer

Pizza, popcorn, gum, peanuts, taffy, caramel, jerky.

Aayoo · Answer

Think about it, by the end of those 2 years you'll have perf teeth!

Anonymous · Answer

The first couple days feel like you got smacked in the mouth with a baseball bat. After awhile you get used to them

TuMeManques · Answer

I'd eat popcorn and caramel until I explode!

hannahbanana11 · Answer

Eat anything and everything, lol.

helloitsmethere · Answer

EAT ALL THE POPCORN!!!

Yanoa_Yanza · Answer

Eat and chew as much as you can! XD

CorvetteGirl · Answer

Beef jerky, ice and gum. Oh! And peanut brittle

disgustingweebtrash · Answer

eat all the sticky sweets and chewing gum

blondfrog · Answer

Chew lots of gum

Anonymous · Answer

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