Metal Mouth Message Board

Hey all so im finished my treatment and just got my retainers today. Got a fixed bonded retainer top and bottom and an essix retainer to wear at night so i left the office without the essix retainer in and did shopping and had some lunch but then when i went home i put in the essix and the pain was ...

i was the same at the beginning, i thought they were SO visible and obvious and felt like i had a massive boxing mouthguard or something in my mouth, but honestly, a few weeks in and i had to double check that i had them in at night because i was so used to wearing them that it didnt even feel like ...

Hey all, so im on my second last aligner and when i had my last appt. I asked my ortho bout retainers. He said that i'd be getting a fixed bonded retainer running from canine to canine bot upper and lower. However, when i asked him bout the molars he said that i'd be wearing my last invisalign tray ...

I needed quite drastic rotation on both my upper canines, my ortho tried to convince me to get traditional braces but it was either invisalign or nothing! anyways im nearly finished now (only 3 more trays to go) and the results have been fantastic, not perfect, but still a hell of alot better than b...

So like most, i wore my aligners for exactly 22 hours a day and no less for the first half of my treatment, however as time went on i became a bit more *ahem* relaxed about the situation and have left them out for very long periods of time sometimes 10-12 hours, because i havnt noticed a physical ch...

hey there! i think as most have said, pretty much most people will need attachments, but honestly dont worry too much bout them bein noticible or anythin like that, i had them on for nearly a year (3 top, 3 bottom) and i was talking to my best friend bout them coming off before my refinements and sh...

just wondering how many refinement sets are included in the treatment at no extra cost under the original fixed price?? is this something specific to each ortho? just curious at how many you guys had cuz im coming up to the end of my first refinements and theres still a few things im not happy bout ...

hey there! well i dont know about every ortho but when i went in to get my refinement impressions done they filed off all my original attachments the thing is, my ortho and his dental nurse/assistant had a bit of an argument about it right in front of me! He was saying they all had to come off, she ...

Hey all! hope you're well just a quick question, so got my initial treatment attachments filed off about four months ago but whats REALLY annoying is that theres still a really thin layer of bonding glue still on one tooth which gives it a different texture/shine/look to the rest of my teeth it feel...

hey guys thanks for all the responses! I'm glad that im not the only only one worrying/experiencing this cuz i thought i was goin crazy there for a while! lol anyways after asking my friends for an honest answer i am 100% sure that they are definitely yellower than before to which they all agreed :(...

The exact same thing happened to me on my last set, I realised that i had statrted grinding too in my sleep and eventually during the day aswell! im happy to report though that with a bit of conscious effort i've pretty much stopped, glad to hear you're getting there too!

does it ever come off??!!

hey guys! hope you're all well! so i finished my initial treatment and im now on my refinements, not perfect still but hey, they're a hell of a lot better than they were! (il post pics up when im totally done, just 4 more months!) anyways my ortho told me on my last visit that ill be getting a bonde...

hey guys! hope you're all well! so i finished my initial treatment and im now on my refinements, not perfect still but hey, they're a hell of a lot better than they were! (il post pics up when im totally done, just 4 more months!) anyways my ortho told me on my last visit that ill be getting a bonde...

ive been single throughout my treatment (10 months now, only 4 more to go!) :) anyways ive dated through out and i cant understand why you would be embarrassed, i tell everyone about them, if nothing else its a great conversation starter! i can 100% guarantee you that NO-ONE is going to care, or be ...