Metal Mouth Message Board

I agree.. I can't imagine asking at ONE MONTH when you have 1-2 yrs to go.. they have NO IDEA any more than you do how responsive your particular case will be to braces. If they did, no one would get their braces off later than their original estimate! I never asked, and because of that, my orthodon...

Make sure you finish your whitening at least 2 weeks before the shade is taken for your bridge. Any reason you are getting a bridge instead of an implant? I know you cant always get an implant and am just curious. Why 2 weeks before? The implant feels less "natural" to me. I a)don't want ...

I got my braces off today :) I also got my Essix retainers - with a "fake tooth" built in for an area where I'm getting a bridge next week (and then I'll get another retainer free of charge from my orthodontist, and ANOTHER after the permanent bridge is put in, lol). I've been instructed t...

When I first got braces (September 5, 2008), I posted a ton about my experiences with spacers, banding, etc. Long story short, I got braces because my teeth were entirely off center due to a genetic deformity that caused my upper right lateral incisor to grow in on the BOTTOM. So I had an extra toot...

Wow! I just followed your story from start to finish. I'm so sorry you feel you had a crappy experience with your original orthodontist. It did appear to me, however, that you had TONS of movement so I wonder how much of it is half your old ortho wanting to keep your spirits up and half your new ort...

Hi Lori! I have ceramic. They're definitely bigger than metal (I only have ceramic on my front 6/social six - the ones in the back are metal since no one sees them). I don't use clear rubber bands, because they stain practically overnight.. once I had to go back to get something done and they change...

I'm in the Washington, DC area, damons in the back and self-ligating ceramics on the "social 6", and my ortho is one of the top in the COUNTRY and teaches all over the world. I'm only paying $6500, lol. But, that's also including a flipper until I can get an implant, pulling a tooth, and I...

My first comment in months! Feel loved. ;) I host my (professional photography) website with Dreamhost and I agree that they're awesome. I store a metric sh*t ton of pictures on the back end of my site and have never had problems. My husband recommends dreamhost. He currently uses 1and1, but says th...

I'm glad you posted! I read that you were getting your braces and I looked around trying to find an update somewhere. :? I'm glad that you're not having a hard time. I get mine on Monday and I'm really getting nervous. actually it's not bad AT ALL. i expected it to be HORRIBLE. no cuts in my mouth,...

Hehe. I'm 25 (until next Tuesday!) also. My husband says it's "cute" but I don't know, lol. We tried to make out last night and it wasn't TOO horrible other than the fact that i'm really self conscious about them. I know. I'm 25 and I look like I'm 15 also. My husband says it ads to my &qu...

Haven't seen a post from you lately, how are those braces doing? Are you sore? I know! I've been reading and but figure as a newbie no one was probably reading much of what i wrote anyway, haha. You really cheered up my day! :) They're fantastic. There's one spot on one of my molar bands that is gr...

Haven't seen a post from you lately, how are those braces doing? Are you sore? I know! I've been reading and but figure as a newbie no one was probably reading much of what i wrote anyway, haha. You really cheered up my day! :) They're fantastic. There's one spot on one of my molar bands that is gr...

Thanks hon! I will take new pics of my arches tonight when I get home. The first night wasn't bad - and I survived sleeping! LOL They look great! Glad it went smoothly. I have a hard time taking good arch pictures too, and my husband was even worse at taking them than I was. I'm gonna try the macro ...

The main problem is my husband was trying to shoot on my professional camera and the macro lens I have for that that is SO fine that it ends up blurring out all but one tooth, lol. So we switched to my point=and-shoot - which DOES have a macro setting! So I will try that tonight! I haven't put wax o...

yay, they look really good! just a lil tip though, you might wanna crop out your face as theres alotta weird pervy guys with a strange braces fetish out there...and well, they are always stealing pics off this website and posting them on fetish sites :? thats why lynn the moderator is always postin...