They do not hurt at all, which has been great. The only time they were tender was in that first week after them being put on, but only when I bit my teeth together, or tried to eat something on my back teeth.
Eating has been different - I have to break up everything I eat into much smaller pieces which means it takes me longer to eat. I figure this is a good thing because at least my stomach will have time to fill up and realise that it doesn't need anymore food, instead of me gutsing down my dinner (as I usually do) as I am normally running about trying to do 10 things at once!
My clear ties along the top of my ceramics have stained a bit the other night when I cooked up a Japanese curry. For some stupid reason (it mayve been slightly to do with my migraine the day before) I thought Japanese curry wouldn't stain like Indian Curry. I was wrong! They aren't as bad as they could be though, but I have these on for another month.... if they get too bad I may have to ring up to get them changed quicker!
Compared with pre-braces:
