I would like to obtain your opinion and experience on embouchure if you have braces.
My wisdom teeth starts to grow with increasing pressure on my incisors, to the point that they are now overlapping from originally aligned.
It is recommended by my dentist to have a teeth extraction and braces.
I was just wondering if it will ruin my embouchure control.
Your experience and advise is requested.
Doesn’t have to be a problem. Tape seems to be solution. Have you read this?:
http://jennifercluff.blogspot.se/2006/08/flute-students-dealing-with-braces.html
Again tape is a solution here:
https://au.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090321071320AA05hNp
Here it’s suggested to move your jaw around and find what’s best:
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20110826205515AAB2Wbi
All the best
Angel, I had the fangs in my younger days. … had the impacted molars. … had the extractions done. … had the braces. … had the “harmonica holder” (and I did take up the harmonica). … and I learned to play the flute in spite of it.
Orthodontic technology and methods are better today than they were in the dark ages when I had my work done by the torture master in his dental dungeon. So don’t fret it … the flute playing that is.
You’ll figure it out.
Good luck.
Feadoggie
Most of the teeth in my upper jaw are on a plate (prosthetic), including the four front teeth. Things were a little “unusual” for the first few weeks, but after that I adapted quite easily to the flute … the clarinet was a little more of an adventure but it’s suprising how well one can adjust.
Have a word with your dental specialist about your concerns. If there are any special considerations that need to be made for your specific case they’ll be the person to help.
Good luck 
It was never an issue for me. It just takes getting used to.
I remember well playing concert flute in my high school years, under a good, but task maker of a band director. For most of those years I had full sets of braces. There would be trips to the orthodontist to tighten them on a regular basis. Invariably, we would have band-wide auditions (for our chair placements) the day after these tightenings! (I was sure my mother planned this…) Without fail, my embouchure the day after tightening was horrible due to the the new arrangement of my teeth. At the auditions, my pleas for mercy fell on the deaf and unsympathetic ears of the band director. “No excuses!”, said he. 
The gals in chairs below me of course moved up easily after these auditions. Usually within a few days of the braces being tightened, by some trail and error and sometimes a dose of frustration, I had figured out a new embouchure and was back to playing well enough. But my teen ego took a little longer to mend…
Braces won’t ‘ruin’ your embouchure control; they will actually exercise (for lack of a better word) your embouchure control. I would say to just expect some re-adjustment time when they work on your teeth, but stick with it and you will find a new embouchure groove each time. By necessity, you will have mastered the art of embouchure flexibility and accommodation. You will actually be ahead of others who have only needed one embouchure. This kind of experience might actually be good practice for the future when you might end up playing different flutes, particularly of the Irish variety . Irish flutes vary a good deal in embouchure holes and overall flute design. If you end up like many people on this list, you will have more than one flute. 
Hi,
Thank you for the encouragement. I dont want to give up the flute as my instrument.
I don’t want to cause undue worry, but there is a (very) small risk of nerve injury, called paresthesia, from molar extraction. I know a flute player who lost all feeling in her lower lip for several months after having her wisdom teeth removed. In her case, the injury was transient, and eventually all sensation returned. In the mean time, she coped as best she could and continued playing with a “numb” embouchure. It would not hurt to have a consultation with your dental surgeon in which you stress that you are a flute player and want to avoid injury to the nerves in your jaw. Again, this is a very small risk, but worthy of note.
Regards,
Tom
Well there goes my excuse for giving up the flute when I was a teenager. I think I got a note out of my silver flute once and then couldn’t remember how I did it. I blamed my braces. 20 years later when I started playing the Irish flute I spent a week just constantly picking up every few minutes and experimenting. I was working at home at the time so it was quite possible to do.
This maybe a thread revival but this is just to post my experience and to find out the experiences of any one undergoing the same or similar case.
After saving part of my salary for a year (meaning no new whistle acquired 
), I was able to save for my dental braces.
Had my braces as a 30 year old adult last April 2016 and this is my experience.
My case is Deep Bite where my mandible or lower teeth are under my upper teeth in a very deep case so it needs to be pushed out.
I was instructed to wear a plastic splint so I wont bite off my braces in my lower teeth.
So far here are the changes that I have noticed:
On whistle
I had no problem with the Low notes but the Second octave notes are now different.
I started feeling an increase back pressure that I didn’t feel heavy as before. Sometime my high notes flip to low notes if I don’t control it well.
On flute
It was a little painful for me as the embouchure control became totally different. I feel the hurt as part of my lips stick to my brace as I maneuver my lip control.
Good thing there are the white mold-able wax to reduce the pain.
Same thing with the whistle, low notes are alright but the high notes are painful.
Normally the high notes are easier on the flute compare to the high notes of the whistle but now it is very hard. It felt like I need to retrain my embouchure.
I tend to rest my mouth every brace adjustment as every adjustment means added pain. After a week of the adjustment I begin tooting again. This helps reduce the pain of the lip control.
The piccolo…is harder compare to the flute.
To compensate my depression I do spend time with my violin more often.
Share your stories as well.