How long do braces hurt or make you sore?

How long fo you have to keep the elastics on? What soft foods can i eat

Answer #1

about three days. pain killers help.

Answer #2

bongella helps a bit aswell

Answer #3

like what should i take for the pain

Answer #4

like what painkillers should i take

Answer #5

what is that?

Answer #6

you should take motrin it works when i got my braces on i took motrin right after i got them on it worked all day and usually the pain doesn’t go away for about a week so keep taking mortrin so you can eat cuz i had to leave skool so i can eat cuz i was starving and forgot to take a mortrin that morning lol so good luck:)

Answer #7

bonjela its good for mouth ulcers and teething but it works really well on braces me and my freinds all use it after we have had our braces tightened

Answer #8

about four days just act like you pulled out a tooth

Answer #9

the first two weeks because your gums get cut by them but then the gums heal and heal to the braces being their

Answer #10

Yeas like 3 days and everytime u go to the ortho they will hurt. Well at less mine did

Answer #11

yah about three to five days after you get them on, then three to four days when you get them tightened

Answer #12

3 days on average but the first time their tightened can go up to a week

Answer #13

thanx

Answer #14

well when i got braces, it didnt really hurt. its more of an ache kinda…like, when your clenching your jaw, its that same feeling in your teeth. and for me it lasted barely a week

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