my teeth felt almost “too clean” after the glue was gone, like they didn’t belong to me.
Totally get this. I remember thinking my teeth were made of porcelain or something—like, am I allowed to chew with these now? Sandwiches were a nightmare at first...I legit thought I was gonna snap a tooth on lettuce. Did anyone else get freaked out by how smooth the backs of their teeth felt? I kept checking with my tongue just to make sure I still had teeth at all.
That’s exactly how I felt—like my teeth were suddenly these fragile little things I had to relearn how to use. The first day after getting my braces off, I kept running my tongue over everything, just trying to get used to how smooth and... weird it all felt. It was almost like my mouth was too empty, if that makes sense? I actually got kind of paranoid about biting into anything harder than a banana.
I also noticed food tasted different for a bit—maybe because there wasn’t all that metal in the way anymore? Or maybe it’s just because I was hyper-aware of every single sensation. Either way, I kept feeling like something was missing, even though it was technically a good thing. The glue part is wild too—I swear I could still feel “phantom” glue on my teeth for days, even though it was gone.
Not sure if everyone gets that freaked out, but yeah... definitely took me a while to trust my own teeth again.
That’s interesting, because I actually had almost the opposite reaction. I was so ready to get those things off that when they finally did, my teeth just felt… normal? Like, yeah, they were super smooth and I kept running my tongue over them, but I didn’t get that fragile feeling. If anything, I was more excited to bite into an apple again. The glue thing though—I totally get that. Even after the dentist said it was all cleaned off, I kept thinking there was still gunk stuck on some teeth. Maybe I was just too distracted by the freedom to notice the weirdness as much?