Metal Mouth Message Board

For me the wax helps because I tend to hit the side of my tongue against the braces as I get more tired of speaking. Again... it took about 9 or 10 days before my speech became truly intelligible again. If you can arrange to keep a 'low profile' with work for that first bit of time, I think you'd be...

... well I'm now on day 19 of my journey. I "turned the corner" around day 9 or 10 - I suddenly could speak more clearly and the sides of my tongue started to heal. Eating has become less of a challenge - though I really do favor chewing stuff back at my molars and cutting up food (whateve...

How do you cope with eating something while not at home? My ortho suggested that I use the small brush they supplied and rinse with water, but DANG - I just seem to keep a 1/4 of my food in my braces no matter how much I rinse!!! I have my Friday 'date night' with my fiancee tomorrow and I hate the ...

Just found this board and wanted to share my experiences. I'm a 34yo guy -had both top and bottom iBraces 'installed' today (what am I - a car? :D ) - treatment should be about 18 months. I had this procedure performed at our local Ortho school - wow what a teaching event! The procedure was performe...