i had braces on while i was playing my oboe.. and this was a time when i went from 2nd year level to highschool level. nothing really effected my playing though. sometimes id put the wax on while playing so the metal wouldnt cut my upper and lower lip. at sometimes it was painful becuase my mouth would be sore but at the most it didn't really bother me.

p.s. good luck with braces:] :\

Ive been playing for about 4 months with braces now and it doesnt really affect me that much. my mouth gets tired more quickly but its actually improved my embrocure(ok, i cant spell...) and I couldnt play for about a week but dont worry about it!

Getting braces didn't effect my playing at all but i wasn't playing until 2 days after getting them. I have never used wax but i know that some people do.

i had braces for about 2 years before playing oboe, so my problem is going to be playing it when i get them off. (hopefully this summer )