I've known some people that've had braces and my one friend just recently got them. I have never had or needed braces, 'cause I have "perfect" teeth(hnnnng).
To me, I find braces totally adorable, but I know the ones that have 'em, hate 'em.
...well, there's me two cents.
Oh man.
I've always looked at braces as some type of Dark Age torture device.
(Fortunately for me, I don't need them because when I was 11, I face planted on cement, and the cement knocked my teeth into line lol.)
I definitely hope your mouth starts to feel better, love.
I can only imagine the pain.
I've always looked at braces as some type of Dark Age torture device.
And that, they are, Jimmy. I got mine on in the beginning of August. And I never got over the torment of not being able to eat all my sugary unhealthiness.
Anyway, as for advice, it only hurts about a week, but in the meantime, take some Advil/Ibuprophen/etc. for the pain.
As for the foods, EVERYTHING IS A LIE. Well, not really, but there are some things under those categories that you can still eat. So far, I've eaten whole apples, taffy, skittles, pretzels, hard candy and mints... and I haven't broken anything so far. Same for my best friends. We always go to the movies together, and we eat like gabones. So I wouldn't go binging on stickies, but you can still have a Laffy Taffy or a Jolly Rancher every now and then, as long as your careful.
But, if you want to play it safe, then yeah, limit your consumptions of that stuff.