Hello!! I know you're not a dentist, but I recently got some spacers and I'm expecting an expander soon. The pain has been killing me recently... Have any suggestions?
“I actually happen to LOVE dentistry! Teeth are fazinating and dental surgeries can be vonderfully intricate, making zhem very fun to watch and perform.
Now! You have spacers, vhich means you’re either about to get braces or have them, or you just got lucky enough to acquire a dentist zhat can perform orthodontics as well as dentistry.
While I myself tend to just poke at my own injuries to see vhat happens, I can sort of understand why others wouldn’t want to. So if you MUST alleviate the pain and not prod at the teeth, (such a waste of a good study!) then I have a few tips and tricks.
ONE! Each time you get spaces or teeth moved with any sort of medical tool, chew! As close after the spaces are put in or adjustments made and as much as you can. This vill get blood circulating into the teeth and jaws very quickly, which can help relieve pain that comes on later. Think of how athletes warm up muscles before being active to avoid getting sore aftervards.
TWO! Change parts of your diet. Many kinds of harder or shap foods, or foods and drinks with high acidic can hurt the enamel and cause discomfort. Lemonade, orange juice, soda, chips and popcorn. Instead go for cool but not too cold water, and soft foods on the first day or so after each adjustment or addition to your mouth. Use this as an excuse to eat ice cream, the cold may help!
THREE! Try an ice pack on your jaw. If the work being done is on the mandible, or bottom jaw, this will be a little easier. But it’s most likely this is being done on the maxillary, or roof of the mouth. Which is also called the hard pallet. Any pain from this can cause inflammation, or soreness and redness in the area. Cold can help the inflammation to lessen.
FOUR! Medicine is a wonder, and has come a long way in it’s very rich history of discovery and application, try an over the counter pain reliever on the first day or so before your mouth has time to adjust and the pain naturally lessen. Just be sure to check over whatever medication you use to make sure you are not allergic, it dosen’t react badly to other medications you might be on at the moment, understand proper dose, when and how to take it, if it needs food or whatnot, and to be aware of any side effects that could cause more harm zhan good. If you have any worries as a pharmacist. zhey are zhere to help!
Vell. I hope some of the suggestions help!
