How bad does it really hurt when you get your braces put on from a 1-10 scale???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
2006-11-07 08:29:00 · 8 answers · asked by cutiez 2 in Health ➔ Dental
It depends on how much you can handle pain, what is being done, and the orthodontist.
I had minor work but my pain was at an 8 and would last for several days. I had a really bad orthodontist.
My brother, who had major work, his pain would only be 4 or 5 and would last for a day at most. He had a top 10 orthodontist.
2006-11-07 08:38:48 · answer #1 · answered by christigmc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Getting them put on wasn't the bad part. It was how sensitive my teeth were afterward. The first day was bad. Like an 8. The next day a 7. The next two days down to a 4 and then it was fine.
Every time I went in to have them tightened, they would hurt for the next couple of days. It is going to be a good idea to have food in the house that you don't really have to chew very much.
2006-11-07 16:39:17 · answer #2 · answered by ktan_the_siren 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Getting them on is nothing. However your gums may hurt a bit from rubbing the braces. They will toughen up and that will stop. The only pain involved is when you have them tightened at each visit. It only hurts 1 or 2 days after but the pain isn't exactly painful. More like uncomfortable. In other words, don't plan on eating a steak the day after your visit.
2006-11-07 23:00:09 · answer #3 · answered by cvc 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on how much pain you can stand, but they do hurt, but the pain goes away in a few days, advil and oragel (numbs your mouth) worked for me... but after a while it does hurt that much...
good luck
2006-11-07 16:31:59 · answer #4 · answered by Trevor M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It does not hurt to get them just afterward
2006-11-07 16:38:30 · answer #5 · answered by Kay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2.. getting them taken off was more like a 10 OUUUCH..
2006-11-07 16:36:41 · answer #6 · answered by Hot Mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not to bad
2006-11-07 16:39:01 · answer #7 · answered by bandit 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not really, LEMME SEE YAH GRILLZZ
2006-11-07 16:37:22 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋