ubereglu Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Have just had my removable upper brace fitted and I'm not a happy bunny. My saliva keeps getting tapped between the roof of my mouth and the plastic so I keep dribbling and am finding it hard to swallow-sorry for the grossness! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krysia Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Oh dear! I suggest you have a few drinks and either A) you won't care that you are dribbling or B) the dribble will be more through the drink than the brace! Sorry I'm sure its really annoying buy t it will be worth it in the end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura & CTB Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Oh gosh - poor you! I have been through this myself and it does get better - your "mouth" just has to take a few days to get used to it, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Krysia I think shes bit young to be encouraged to drink I assume becauise tis removable you'll be able to take it out before you go out in public. If so I wouldnt worry about dribbling in private, people who love you won't care. But do be careful your face doesnt get sore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krysia Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Sorry ubereglu as you have such a wise head on your shoulders I always forget you are a spring chicken yourself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 You will get the hang of it Liz...just give it a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 im sure its just "teething problems" pardon the pun! It wont be long im sure until you've got used to it. I've never had braces so dont completely understand but just think what fab teeth you will have later on!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Liz, let me encourage you to keep going. My DD3 had a removable brace (upper and lower) fitted at the end of October. She had to wear this all the time day and night for 9 months in order to move her lower jaw forward. We went back to the Orthodontist this week (4 months!) and he said "This is what happens when patients follow our advice" The job is done and she now only wears the braces at night. So much better because she can have a crisp/sweet/biscuit when her friends offer her one. Before she had to say no because it was too much bother taking the brace out, cleaning her teeth and putting it back in again. So try really hard to follow the advice you have been given, then the job will be done as quickly as possible. DD3 gets fixed braces in May She won't be able to play her French Horn for a while then, about 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harveypup Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 They are very annoying but I have fab teeth now. When you have a removeable one you can eat really hot soup or drink hot brews without feeling a thing but you have to be extra careful when you have it removed in case you forget.. ouch! Persevere your future smile will be worth it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lisa33 Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 You will get used to it & it will be worth it. I had a brace for years. And now it's just a distant nightmare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 I know how you feel Liz as i had a brace just like yours when i was younger. It is a pain but you will adapt i promise. I always carried tissues with me at first - hid behind them for quite a while in fact! Try and focus on the end result a big smile this this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 ewwwwwwww i used to remember mine, looked like a shrimp! It used to trigger my gag reflex and i couldn't talk properly. Everyone kept telling me that i'd get used to it! I'm afraid i didn't perservere so the dentist put a permanent brace on instead. I do sympathise Try and perservere Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen & co. Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Just bear with it for a while Liz, I had braces fitted when I was 28 and lisped and slurped for a few days until I got used to it after a while you will be fine. Karen x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 Thanks for sharing this with us Liz! I know what you mean though, I know people who have had a similar problem. Thankfully I could keep my saliva in my mouth when I had them. I'm sure you will get used to it soon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 I'm impressed. If you can say Humph with an upper removable in you are doing well - it should be something like Hummthhth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hillfamily Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 it should be something like Hummthhth Stick with it Liz - will be worth it in the end, just takes a few days to get used to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Man Banned Posted February 14, 2008 Share Posted February 14, 2008 You have my sympathies Liz I had a brace years ago that I had to wear through the day and out at night. I remember the day it was fitted and my mum was with me. We had to get the bus back home and without thinking asked the bus driver for "thoo thingles tho the thirckle pleathse" It was meant to be "two singles to the circle please" Over a few days they'll settle and you'll be fine. And think of the end result. Sadly my brace was not a success and within three weeks of it being removed my teeth moved back A xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 The fitting of a new brace does make you produce more saliva,but it is only temporary & will settle down in a few days. Do you have half term next week so you can get used to it? Cleo is having train tracks fitted,upper & lower, soon, so I am sure she will be coming out in sympathy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 Richard, you are silly...but you did make me laugh! I didn't wear it whilst I was at school today, but wore it all night and am wearing it now. BTW, I can't actually eat whilst wearing it as my teeth aren't able to bit together properly and I just bite plastic-even though my dentist said I should wear it whilst eating-I did try, but it just doesn't work, and then you get salivary food all stuck in it!!! I have to go back in two weeks anyway to get a fixed brace attached to my lower teeth. Thankfully it is half term down here next week, so that will make life a whole lot easier. Am currently entertaining myself by uploading my CD albums onto the purple ipod shuffle I bought yesterday, so that's keeping my mind off mostly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Just bear with it for a while Liz, I had braces fitted when I was 28 and lisped and slurped for a few days until I got used to it after a while you will be fine. Karen x Really? Do you think I could have braces to fix my teeth too? I have a sticky out front tooth which really bugs me and I've been considering having it taken out or capped, but if I could have a brace.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 You can Aunty, but it's not cheap - roughly £5k on private I understand. I'll get mine done when I win the pools! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 maybe cheaper to have the wretched thing capped. It's got a filling in it anyway, which is discoloured (thank you so much, incompetent dentist man). It stops me from smiling though, which is a sign I ought to have it fixed I think. Might look around and see which dentists do friendly finance. then I could have them whitened too, and make up for all those years of smoking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubereglu Posted February 15, 2008 Author Share Posted February 15, 2008 Mind you, I can't smile properly at the minute, because I have such a large overbite I bit plastic instead... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 My dughter has the opposite problem . She has an underbite, would love a brace to push her front teeth out over her lower teeth..........but our lovely dentist assures us that a brace wouldn't resolve that problem. She needs major surgery to her lower jaw to break it and reposition it . Our dentist (whom I trust implicitly) says that it's major surgery, painful, probably not on the NHS because her jaw functions perfectly so we'd be doing it purely for cosmetic reasons. He says he'd refuse to put his daughter through it, and quite honestly I hate the idea of putting mine through it. But Immi is becoming increasingly self conscious as she gets older, and can't understand why she can't just have a brace like so many of her friends. I'm torn, and keep having these difficult debates, which are always resolved by the fact that it'd be pretty darned difficult to find the kind of money needed for that surgery at the moment, so we keep delaying a decision until she's older. And I thank my lucky stars that she's fit and healthy, and simply has a slightly annoying jaw, no disabilities or health problems The brace is horrible I'm sure Liz, but endure it as best as you can, and the more you can manage to wear it the quicker it should work.........and you'll have fabulous straight teeth by the time you've finished . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 DD3 gets fixed braces in May She won't be able to play her French Horn for a while then, about 6 months. My ES plays the trumpet. When he had a fixed brace his teacher gave him a euphonium which has a much bigger mouth piece. He managed to play that no problem. Don't know if it could be a substitute for a French Horn though . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...