Metal Mouth Message Board

Thank you all for your help! I've done a lot of what you have suggested: the sugarfree gum works really well when I can't get the wax to stick, and drying it out with a hankie I never even though of! Will my tongue grow a callus where the cleats are? If so, there's no sense in hauling myself to the ...

Thank you all for your help! I've done a lot of what you have suggested: the sugarfree gum works really well when I can't get the wax to stick, and drying it out with a hankie I never even though of! Will my tongue grow a callus where the cleats are? If so, there's no sense in hauling myself to the ...

Thank you all for your help! I've done a lot of what you have suggested: the sugarfree gum works really well when I can't get the wax to stick, and drying it out with a hankie I never even though of! Will my tongue grow a callus where the cleats are? If so, there's no sense in hauling myself to the ...

I just got my braces on today. I'm 20, but getting very close to 21. I'm sure that through here we can commiserate with each other every step of the way!

I'm new to braces (just put on today), and I'm having trouble with what I think is referred to the molar band (that metal tube that goes around my back teeth). The issue is that something comes off of it into the inside of my mouth on both top molar bands. The bottoms are very smooth on the inside o...

I just got my braces put on this morning (ceramic upper and lowers). I'm 20 years old, and while younger than a lot of you, this has been a long time coming. I was told that I needed braces from as far back as I can remember. My parents just never had the money to put both my sister (also getting br...