Metal Mouth Message Board

This is good to know. My most recent adjustment put a wire digging into the lower left of my jaw/gum, and I was trying to tough it out, but it sounds like I should call my ortho. I'll also get that pain reliever. I've had a splitting headache all week and now I think it's due to this pain.

I'm glad I checked in here as I've had the exact same thing. My brother says I make faces I never made before and I think my face lost a LOT of weight. I frequently get comments like "WHOA, lots of weightloss buddy!" I had been thinking it was because my diet changed (can't eat chips with ...

So, here we are with an update. Lower Damons went in a couple weeks ago. First, the physical: I had a sore on the inside of my mouth for a good week. But taking little discs and using wax at night has healed it and I'm currently wax-free. I feel like the less I use wax, the better. Flossing is a PAI...

Chapter 6 Day 11 The upper linguals - speech is getting better. Yes, I was freaking out. And I'd say I'm about 80-85%. I HAD to do stage shows - I had no choice. But I found my impediment wasn't too bad this past Wednesday and it seems to be getting better. What's still frustrating, and what I can't...

No, you're not an idiot! I think 2009 is my 'join' date. I am a week into the upper linguals and I feel like I go in and out. Some days I seem to do better, but especially at work, I seem to wear down near the afternoon. Marbles in the mouth is the best description! Thank you so much! I am realizing...

Hi, lingualists! I have a question that may be buried in these boards, but I've done a few searches and I haven't come across it yet. So I'll ask it now: How do y'all get over the lisp? I am traveling down the same road the majority of you have traveled down. Got the linguals in. Noticed severe spee...

Thanks again - her videos are great!! I do plan on toughing it out - I feel like I'm doing exactly what everyone else has done, including the going crazy part and the "I'll have this lisp" forever part.

Thanks, lilone! I'll read those journals for sure for some solace! It is extremely frustrating. I feel like I knew this going in, and even read some of these journals, but maybe my ortho down-played it too much and I believed them.

Chapter 5 Day 4 Well, they had to put more THIS IS SPAM PLEASE REPORT TO ADMINISTRATOR THIS IS SPAM PLEASE REPORT TO ADMINISTRATOR THIS IS SPAM PLEASE REPORT TO ADMINISTRATOR THIS IS SPAM PLEASE REPORT TO ADMINISTRATOR THIS IS SPAM PLEASE REPORT TO ADMINISTRATOR in as a precaution - my lower teeth w...

Chapter 4 Day 1 - First Day at work I'll keep this brief, but the speech impediment that I got with linguals is severe. Although, even as I type this, I feel like I'm getting close to sounding somewhat normal, it is very frustrating. Now, by reading all the other blogs about linguals, this appears t...

Thanks to everyone who's commented so far and I am traveling the exact path all of you have laid out. So, I keep Chaptering it, soo.... Chapter 3 (Day 0, as I like to call it) Again, thanks for the comments, y'all. The upper linguals went in and I'm almost exactly like braceydaisy. I have that weird...

Chapter 2 B-Day Part 1 Tomorrow (about 9 hours from this moment) I'll have my upper linguals put in (the metal lowers in 4 weeks). I think I'm getting some sort of things in the back of my mouth to keep my jaw up a bit so that the linguals don't hit my bottom teeth. When they told me about this, the...

Yeah, I think that's the key - being confident and comfortable yourself allows everyone else to be confident and comfortable. And thanks for the replies - I'll be hunting the boards to follow your journeys as well! Had the records today. Standard stuff: x-rays, moldings, etc... I gave them their mon...

Chapter 1 March 16, 2011 Let's start as far back as possible. I must've been 8 or 9 years old when 2 teeth came in at once in the very front. The dentist yanked one of them out by hand, but the tooth left was already pushed back slightly. Ever since, my front teeth have overlapped (see Jay Rockefell...

Thanks, all! I will be getting them in the next few months, so I'll keep you all updated on how it all goes. I appreciate the kind words!