Metal Mouth Message Board

Clo, I believe it's a Nance, that at least sounds familiar. Thanks, and now I'm off to look it up......

Mel

Ok, I went today to the ortho, and here is the verdict. I don't HAVE to wear elastics or have surgery to correct the overbite. As it is, when I was younger, I had some teeth extracted to get braces that my parents ended up being unable to afford, so I have some gaps between my back unbraced molars ...

My 'eat it when I get the braces off' food is a Snickers bar! They are my favorite, and I haven't had one since getting braced, in Feb. They have a couple no-no's--nuts and caramel. I have eaten a Twix, so I knwo the caramel is no problem, but I am afraid to do the nuts with the braces. Even if I di...

Well, initially surgery was mentioned, but I have a little extra skin on my chin (thanks, grandma!) so the ortho said for the profile I didn't need surgery. I am not sure if it is still an option at this point, but it was still listed as 'may be needed in the future' on my contract before getting th...

Good morning. I searched to see if there was an answer to my problem, but after looking through about 150 out of 822 returned posts, I didn't find one, so I figured probably not. Here's my problem/question...I am 33,I got braced, upper and lower to correct bite alignment and MAJOR overbite in Feb. '...