Metal Mouth Message Board

When I first got braces on I was incredibly self-concious. I was paranoid for a few reasons one: I was braced at 28, and two: I teach middle school. It didn't help that my best friend of 15 years laughed her butt off the first time she saw me in braces and and told me I looked like I was 16 years ol...

Don't worry. It does get better. When I first was braced, I remember wanting to rip them off two days later too. Learning to eat with braces took a bit of an adjustment. My advice, one: call your ortho if your teeth are hitting the brackets. I had that problem and it is easily fixed. Two: buy lots o...

I wear less lipstick and a lot more tinted lipgloss/ chapstick now. Less lipstick because when I was braced last may I kept getting lipstick on the clear brackets. Not attractive. Now I really heavily on chapstick/lipgloss becasue my lips are always cracked and dry. It seems like the braces dry out ...

I have a combination of Damon brackets and clear ceramic braces. On the upper teeth I have 8 clear ceramic brackets--the rest of the top teeth have the Damon metal brackets because you cannot see them anyway. All my bottom teeth have the Damon brackets. My back molars on the upper and lower were not...

Like many adult brace wearers I felt horrible. I was also incredibly self-conscious because I had a huge family event, my sister's baby shower, two days after I had them put on. I was in pain, and everyone kept asking to see my braces. It was even worse because my #@^$9 of an aunt, who was trying to...

I have a tendency to do this when my mouth gets sore, I don't know why. It only makes the pain worse. Did you just have an adjustment? Usually that's when I start to clench. I usually clench more in the evening or night, maybe a mouth guard would help if it happens when you're sleeping.

Thanks for the suggestions...will definitely be looking into several of these.

November hits, and already my immune system is taking a beating. Last week my throat was scratchy and I started to cough. I decided that even though my ortho said "no hard candy, etc." that I would try cough drops anyway. All I had to do was suck on it, not bite into it. This worked just f...

I got a chuckle out of this post. It took me about two months to stop spraying everything with my waterpik. The button to stop the water on mine sticks. I'm more likely to turn it off, instead of stopping it now. While waterpiking with the bathroom door open at my sister's house, i hit my brother in...

There are days when my braces honestly don't bother me, and then there are days like yesterday and today. I've had my braces on since Memorial day, and several times I have already whined about wanting them off. Recently I've started getting blisters on the lower inside right across from my front te...

When I got braces in May, I started out brushing after every meal or after everything I ate. 4-6 times a day. I even flossed 1-2 times per day.I have to admit I was a little bit obsessed making sure I got all those little particles from my teeth. I just kept picturing those horrible pictures of teet...

I've actually wondered if the light is playing tricks on me, or if it is really the teeth. Is it sad i've shined a flashlight on them to check this?

I don't know if I'm getting paranoid, but in certain light it looks like some of my upper teeth are becoming two-toned in color. Near the gumline, my teeth seem to have a yellowish-tint and they are normal near the bottom. I've been really excellent about brushing my teeth and flossing. i've really ...

I feel like one of those people, who wonders if everything with braces is normal at this age. I'm 28, for those wondering. The soreness, which won't go away for more than a few days, the pain, loose teeth, embarrassment of eating out, etc. You name it, I've probably called my cousin to reassure myse...

I had this issue at first, and they had to build up my molar build ups a bit more. The problem with this that I can't stand to bite down on the build ups. It feels awkward and I end up doing the open mouth closed lips thing in order not to bite on them. I feel like I am clenching my jaw when I bite ...