# Braces Week One
> Soreness, new routines and food choices. A first-week survival guide. A plain-English guide with practical steps.

## Guides
- [Soreness After the Braces Go On](https://first-week-with-braces.mefenyqy.workers.dev/braces-soreness-relief/): Soreness is a normal part of the first week with braces, because teeth and gums are adjusting to new pressure.
- [Soft Foods for the First Week of Braces](https://first-week-with-braces.mefenyqy.workers.dev/soft-foods-braces/): For the first few days, choose foods that need little chewing and avoid anything hard, sticky or very crunchy.
- [Using Orthodontic Wax](https://first-week-with-braces.mefenyqy.workers.dev/wax-for-braces/): Orthodontic wax is a soft, smooth barrier you press over a bracket or wire that is rubbing your cheek, lip or tongue.
- [Speech Changes While You Adjust](https://first-week-with-braces.mefenyqy.workers.dev/speech-braces/): A slight lisp, slushy consonants or a sense that your tongue is crowded are common speech braces effects in the first days, because your mouth has new surfaces.
- [When to Call the Orthodontist About Braces](https://first-week-with-braces.mefenyqy.workers.dev/braces-emergency/): Most braces problems, such as a poking wire or a loose bracket, are annoying rather than urgent, but a few situations count as a true braces emergency: facial.

## About
- [About Braces Week One](https://first-week-with-braces.mefenyqy.workers.dev/about/): not medical advice, how the site is funded and how guides are made

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