Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi All, I just had my top teeth debanded 10 days ago. The bottoms should be removed within the month. So, the ortho tech told me not to drink anything hot with my hawley retainer in. I am a coffee ADDICT. To cut down on the coffee is unthinkable so I'm not wearing my retainer until late afternoon an...

Thanks for the info, it just freaked me out that it's a tooth that's banded so I can't see anything. I scheduled an appointment with the dentist just in case.

Thanks!

Hello all, I've been braced for 22 months and am looking forward to debanding very soon. Now that I'm on the home stretch, I started experiencing seriously painful cold sensitivity in one of my banded molars. Could this mean there's a cavity under there?? I've never had any other cold sensitivity du...

Hi All, I'm 28 and have been in braces for 22 months. I expected a debanding date at my last ortho appointment. However, I was told to stop wearing elastics and given a new wire on the bottom to start moving my lowers "back". At my next appointment (in 3 weeks) my uppers will be getting &q...

I'm guilty of having put ALOT of thought into this question over the course of my 22 months in braces. Hopefully only one more month to go..... I have clear ceramic uppers and traditional metal lowers. I have medium length hair so I didn't give up my silver hoop earrings. If my hair were short, I'd ...

My ortho recently replaced my elastic powerchains on both the top and bottom 4 front teeth with braided wire. Prior to this, the powerchains had closed all gaps, top and bottom and I was really seeing an end in sight for my treatment. However, the braided wires are holding my top 4 in place while my...

Hi, I've been in the self ligating GAC innovation brackets for 19 long months now. I went with the "translucent" ceramic brackets. The ceramic brackets have a bigger profile than the metal. I have metal on the bottom. I have no problems to report with the self ligating brackets. I can actu...

Thank you for the responses! Maryaten, I Googled my heart out looking for the info in the link you posted! I never found it....... I'm checking it out now. I'm just getting impatient now that I'm so close. My bite is where it should be and I'm just waiting for a space to close. It's a stubborn one. ...

Hello All, I've been in braces for 18 months. My ortho told me this morning that any small spaces that are remaining should be closed by my next appointment (5 weeks from now). Also, my next appointment is when she will begin the "finish work". I asked what this "finish work" con...

Hi Braceface 101, Congrats on getting a debanding time range! I'm curious, with a debanding date possibly 2-3 months away, how much movement do you think you have remaining? A few small gaps maybe? I'm grasping at straws, trying to figure out how much longer I may have. Every other month, I think I'...

Since my last post, the one where I was freaking out about my shifting midline, my mid-line miraculously shifted back to the middle before my next scheduled appointment. During the appointment, my ortho left me in elastics top canine to bottom molar, contoured some weird edges on my two front teeth ...

Hi, I have been in self ligating ceramic braces(top) and metal SL on the bottom for a little over a year now. My ortho didn't put brackets on my crowns (I have 2) or my bridge until I was 8 months in. Before the brackets, he used springs to make space for the crowding around the bridge I believe. So...

Thank you all for the advice and comments! I ended up calling my ortho's office and the receptionist was kind enough to relay my concern to the doctor who then responded to the receptionist to tell me it's okay and no big deal. Better than nothing I guesss........ Normally while in the ortho's offic...

Hi, I'm new to Archwired, this is my first post. I'm 27 but my ortho treats me like a child and doesn't offer information often. Anyway, I've been in self ligating braces for 12 months. At my 11th month, the ortho put me in full time elastics. Just one on each side, molar to canine. My bite has yet ...