Metal Mouth Message Board

I bought a special orthodontist brush in the chemist. I thought that it would be good since it was especially designed for braces. It was awful felt like a yard brush it was so tough and hard on the gums. I showed it to my hygieniest and she said to stop using it. I'm now using a lovely soft brush w...

Sounds like after using the mouth wash you have still lots of plague in your mouth. You should remove this with a toothbrush and brush slowly. Maybe your rushing your dental hygiene. I use dently mouthwash. It is great shows up any plague that you haven't brushed away. This is a positive thing as lo...

Hi guys, I am writing again about elastics. I am wearing the cross elastic which is accross my mouth for nearly a week now. It was such a nightmare to begin with. Talk about sleepless nights! My front teeth were so sensitive and my mouth was so sore with it. Now its totally different. Some how my mo...

I can now answer my own question. I went to the orthodontist and he stopped me wearing those elastics and told me to wear other ones on different teeth. In my case I wear the elastics until they do what the orthodontist wants them to do which was 8 weeks the last time. This time I have to wear 4 ela...

Hi all
I'm wearing elastics for two months now and am due to go to the orthodontist next week. How many months do they normally make people wear the elastics for? Mine are from the inside of the bottom teeth to the top front of the upper ones.

Hi Justin,
Did you get your braces off? Tell us how did it go and are you pleased with the results?

Lu