Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi Sonja Mouth is much better today. I don't really bother about my brace now, don't feel any pressure at all on my teeth either. With regards to speech - that has improved a lot not lisping as much as I used to, although when I do presentations for my job it is much more difficult and my mouth gets...

I lost a couple of ligatures and the wire came out of the brackets really easily.

I bought the Oral B Triumph which is great since it has 3 settings on it so when my teeth are sore I can use the gentle setting on it. Find it really useful for cleaning linguals. I haven't seen any ortho attachments for using with this product though.

I have purchased items from orthoshop which is a UK company. Most items you require can normally be purchased from your orthodontist surgery.

Just out of curiosity - why are elastics used?

I didn't realise that they had different sizes of ligatures which they used instead of changing the wire - interesting.

Hi Sonja
What are power chains used for?

Sonja
Is your mouth beginning to settle down yet? You seem to be going through hell with your mouth. I know its not a nice experience but I still hope all this pain will be worth it at the end.

The other day the small elasctic which ties the wire to the bracket came off my of mine at the very back of my mouth and now this afternoon the wire came out of tis bracket and the very last bracket and I had the wire lying across the roof of my mouth. I tried to put it back in but it didnt work and...

Does anyone know how a gap is closed up after an extraction? Is it just a case of wearing the normal brace or do ortho's have to add other contraptions to the brace?

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I have been using a product called Brace Eze which is a clear gel but then turns white. I have found this a much better product that OrthoSil.

I have lingual top braces and I am getting ceramic lowers in June. I paid around £3800 for my treatment which will take around 2 years. Must admit my ortho is really good and approachable which makes a big difference. I also thought people would treat me different if they found out that I had brace...

Hi Sonja I know what you are going through, I have found it quite hard going especially with the speech but I must admit that 9 days on my speech has improved dramatically and most people can not even detect a lisp unless I point it out to them even though I am aware of it. I found brushing no probl...

It has now been 9 days since having my lingual brace fitted am I am sure that my back teeth have started to move slightly although I am not 100% sure. Day one of getting the braces was fine it was day 3-4 was the worst, but the past 2-3 days for me have been pain free and I am getting so used to th...