Metal Mouth Message Board

Don't: tell me my teeth are already straight, then ask me why I still have my braces on. Yes, the front teeth are straight but the cross bite you can't see still needs work! Duhhh!! Don't: tell me your horror stories from when you had them as a kid/teenager in trying to relate to me. It's not the sa...

Thanks for all advice everyone. It gave me motivation to speak with the office manager of my dentist (my ortho is a visiting ortho at my dentsit). I spoke with her today and she said she totally understands my concerns and will help me find another ortho. She said witching should not be a problem. T...

Hello. I am a year into treatment, and I very unhappy with my ortho in general. He always seems annoyed by my questions and never seems to answer them. I feel like my teeth are more crooked then they were before I had braces. No matter how many times I talk to him about it, he says we will fix it la...

Hello, The same thing happened to me. It was unbearable. After about a good week of suffering, I went back to my ortho and asked him if there was anything he could do. He looked and saw that girl that put them in didn't push the edges back inside like she was supposed to. He said the edges on the in...

Thank you for your response. I think I'm gonna try the gum. I feel better to know other people were told to do the same thing. I searched on the boards but couldn't find any, I'll search again now. Thanks so much again!

I felt the same way the first few weeks I had the molar bands on, but i promise it goes away. It feels so weird at first. I've had molar bands and braces on for 8 months now, and I don't notice them at all. You will get used to it. just give it some time!

Hello. I've never heard of waiting 6 weeks for an adjustment, I usually go every 4 weeks. I have ceramic braces also, for staining, try to avoid foods with food coloring. coffee and red wine are the worst, I drink both, but if you swish with water after you drink if helps. hope this helps

Hello everyone. I have a question for anyone that might be able to help. I've done tons of research and can't find any answers. I've had braces for 8 months now, for the past three months I've been wearing an elastic to fix a cross bite, but today when I went in for an adjustment my ortho told me to...

I know its been a long time since you posted the question, but maybe this will help. i just got rubberbands, and had the same concerns you did, i talked to my boyfriend about it, he had braces a few years before me, he said that they may give me a few different rubber band locations. so the one i ha...

Thank you both so much for the encouragement! i just got them now this morning and it feels so weird! but they don't look as bad as i thought they would. so now i just have to get used to them! the only thing i don't like is there are little pink dots in the ceramic on top braces. Are they supposed ...

hey, im right there with you. I've also been in and out of the dentist for the past month or so, and now im finally getting braces. the metal molar bands suck don't they. are you getting canker sores from them? hope all is well on your journey to braces.

Hello all. I'm new to the message boards and to braces. I'm 22 year old recent college grad, and freaking out bout getting braces. I had the spacers in 4 weeks ago and have the metal molar bands on now, and they are already giving me horrible canker sores. I'm getting ceramics on the top and bottom....