<p>Hope it works out. I have callus to this day in my mouth from years of playing bassoon with braces. I used to keep that baby stuff Oragel on my music stand and also soaked my reeds in a liquid baby teething medicine. My oldest played trumpet with braces and also had a painful go of it. Ah the memories that I had so conveniently forgotten. Definitely a rite of passage those braces + band. Good luck to the kids, you do get “used” to it after a while.</p>