When you install braces, there comes with it certain changes in your lifestyle, especially what you eat or your eating habits and your diet. Things feel very odd after the installation and it goes on for a couple of days. This period is called the adjustment period. As the name suggests, it is un this period that your mouth is trying to get used to the alien apparatus. This period is a little difficult for most people, and it can stay for a week (usually not more than 9-10 days). It is during this period that an individual experiences a wide array of issues such as irritation in the gums, swelling, mild pain, soreness, sensitivity and sometimes mild bleeding. You are also likely to poke the apparatus with the tongue out of habit because your mind takes a while to register it until it becomes normal or unless it is normalized. If you are looking for braces in Lansdale consider BZ Ortho.
To deal with the discomfort during this phase you can make use of dental dams, which is basically a wax to be applied between the apparatus and the gums in order to lubricate the spot and reduce the friction which causes the damage, and then consequent discomfort.
Then there comes the food issue. This is because braces have wires and they take a lot of space too which makes brushing a bit tricky because you will have to move around the apparatus. This is because wires can be damaged; and hence, you need to avoid, chewy food, sticky food, crunchy food, and hard food (nuts, candies), and food that requires you to bit into it (like corn).
