Metal Mouth Message Board

about 2 weeks for 90%, and a month for 99% perfect.

Jumping in to an older thread, but i had elastics fitted at my last adjustment - upper row, all to one side to close a gap after an extraction and create space to shift crowded front teeth slightly to one side, so they can then move back. As you'd expect, they hook to brackets behind front teeth and...

Ah, I had braces as a teenager, my teeth moved since then (So make sure you wear retainers!). I am due to get incognito (iBraces) on the upper arch and ceramic on the lower. It's good to hear that you got over the speech issues pretty easily, how much did your linguals cost? This would probably be ...

Thanks for your response xTc. Maybe you're right and I guess impatience kicks in - the top row is where the work needs to be done, and it's just frustrating that nothing much seems to have happened since November, at which point i was really shocked at how quickly things were starting to move. Botto...

All, Had my uppers put on last august and about 10 weeks later had the lowers put on. Whilst at first, there was a fair bit of movement on the top row - gentle alignment amongst the crowded front row, and also overall everything shifting back a bit - only reason i could tell was that i used to have ...

Thanks so much for answer - that's very helpful, and puts my mind at rest! Oh well, 18 months to go - will just learn to be patient!

Just had my first adjustment, and a week later, feeling very little, if any, increased pressure on the upper row. When had uppers fitted for first time, was sensitive for a week, and then for next 6 weeks before i had 1st adjustment, no pressure at all, although 2 of the teeth felt as though they ha...

hi rolo, Thanks for your message. I've just had a whole carton of soup, and a couple of smoken salmon fillets - all very soft, and no problems whatsoever. Haven't got anything stuck in the gap, but it is upper pre-molar, and trying to eat on the other side of my mouth, so perhaps easier to avoid get...

Just had one of my teeth extracted (no pain whatsoever), but a few questions, if anyone can help... - how quickly before the gap properly healed over? I'm pretty sure if i tried to eat even pasta tonight, it would start bleeding again if i bit down with something caught in the gap. Will it be ok to ...

Sugar-free gum can be useful for this - the wires don't poke through it as easily. Isn't gum and linguals a bad idea? Sure that was on the list of "no-no"s my ortho gave me?? I've only just had uppers put on, and nothing's moved yet, so don't think i need to worry about bits of wire pokin...

Hi there, yes, we feel for you, and have been there. My uppers have been on for just over 2 weeks now, and in terms of speech, i only applied wax to the back bracket on each side (mine go all the way back) - they were the ones that seemed to "scrape" my tongue the most when it moved around...

meryaten - thanks for you your response. I agree that beer must be less harmful than a can of nasty fizzy coke. I'll take your advice on rinsing with water afterwards and then brushing. I don't drink as much beer as i used to when i was younger, so i'm not going to stress myself about this - especia...

All, Thanks for your responses to date in what's been an "interesting" first 2 weeks. Things have really settled down now, although having said my speech is back to normal, when i came back from a weekend away, and was back in the office, i have found it could play up every now and again -...

Does anyone have a view on beer?! I hardly drink soft carbonated drinks at all, but not sure i can survive without the odd beer or two

I also drink sparkling water, but tend to go for the softer/naturally carbonated stuff eg San Pelegrino. Although maybe should go for still water.

Hi everyone! This is my first post, although have been reading this site ever since i made my first consultation appointment, and have found it to be a great source of information on what to expect. Anyway, had upper linguals fitted 10 days ago (lowers to follow in 6 weeks), and here are my thoughts...