Metal Mouth Message Board

Hiya Ken, long time no see. Seems you are doing good....atleast mostly. Keep your progress posted. I think we have / having similar journeys. i still have around 9m-1y in braces, but at my last adjustment my ortho said it was coming along nicely. Keep up the great work and do post pics!!! All the be...

I'm very interested to see the progression in closing that gap! I have a friend with a similar 5mm diastema. Hi real2, just wanted to tell you that the HUGE gap between my 2 front teeth is now gone...one year into the treatment. Check out the latest pics. More to come after the adjustment on 23rd s...

Well, for one you are right, cleaning my teeth is a kind of accepted chore now.. :evil: But I do it as it HAS to be done...what with my periodontal problems PLUS the ortho treatment now. But results till now have been AMAZING!!! Check out some of my pics - the ones that I have uploaded recently tell...

Actually - on the bottom I have TWO wires, they over lap at the front. He told me this, but I thought I misunderstood him. lol.. Not sure why I have two. I am only in the page 2 of your amazing story, so dont know if your question got answered...but here is my 2 pence answer - I too have 2 wires - ...

Actually now that you mention it, yes, my teeth do look bigger!!! :shock: I noticed it only after you mentiond it...thoguh I did think a few times that something was different - of course apart from the obvious :? I think I will ask my ortho the next time. Well, to answer asabea, the powerchains are...

It has been one year (on aug 19th) and I have around 8 months-1 year left. The front teeth have really come together, but I still have lots of gaps near the "roots" - mainly because my teeth had descended due to periodontitis...hence the long treatment. That is also the reason why my ortho...

I am now one year into braces...and the change in my smile (teeth) is nothing less than ASTONISHING!!!!! See for yourself! http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/8359/changeaug09.jpg Top pic: Aug 10, 2008 Middle pic: May 2009 Last pic: Aug 19, 2009 I sometimes can't believe myself!! Imaging closing a gap of...

Was quite for a LONG LONG time!!! The changes have been really AMAZING!!! The around 5mm gap between the front teeth is almost gone! All the teeth are now in line - not as they were up and down before. Will post pics in the evening. Have heart all thos having grave perio problems and embark on the o...

Hi Tamsin! Good that you are taking the plunge now...otherwise probably you would have regretted not doing it. I got braced almost 24 days back and I can understand when you say that your brackets hurt pinch. I had a rough time in the beginning, but not from tender teeth, but from brackets and lingu...

Hi LITT, Thanks a ton for visiting my sob-story and leaving some encouraging comments. I feel much better in the lingual band-thing - it somehow no longer rubs the tongue so much - maybe my tongue got used to it?? But on the other hand, one wire in the lower jaw is now making my life miserable - I g...

Hello everyone!!! Sorry for the long absence...like I mentioned earlier, I was traveling. Back from a week of business trip to India. The trip was really good, but my poor tongue and mouth are sore like hell. Well, I kind of got used to the lingual sharp thing, but I think my teeth have moved (thoug...

Hi all you brave people!!!! I don’t know how you all managed to continue to have braces, but I am finding these first days really really difficult. :soremouth: No, I don’t have pain in my teeth, but the brackets are killing me. They are hurting the insides of my mouth, my tongue and making it ve...

Hi iamtheotherme, Ken, and LongInTheT, Thanks a ton for your replies. Yes, I do sometimes think back and wonder “did I really go through all that…with respect to the discovery of perio and all the surgeries and recovery etc and wonder how it would have been if (a BIG if) I had not gone for a den...

After behaving themselves extremely well for the first couple of days, my mouth and the bloody braces are definitely hell now!!! Cant eat anything - what eating...cant even drink a glass of water without grimacing. My teeth have become EXTREMELY sensitive and even luke warm water feels like acid!! I...

Here is a picture of my full braces.

Final (and complete) anchoring will be done on tuesday 26th.

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