Metal Mouth Message Board

Well, I've had my braces now for a little over 3 months! Yay! I had my 3rd adjustment today, and I am starting to get a little bored. Ha ha. I still have the same wire, and each visit has just consisted of chaging the ligs on the brackets, & that is all! I guess I'm just being impatient though. ...

I've had my braces for a little over 3 months now, and at the beginning of this journey I didn't think that I would ever be able to eat hardly anything. However, at this point I eat pretty much anything I want. I haven't broken a bracket yet, and I honestly eat popcorn almost every night. I eat stea...

Aww, thanks brika. I don't really feel so cute in them! Ha ha. But I don't mind them, as long as they are doing their job! :) changes09, yeah it does seem that the two coming together did make the other spaces open up a bit more. I guess that's just the way it goes! Ha ha. Oh well. And I do hope tha...

It has been 3 weeks & 1 day since I was braced, & I have my first adjustment coming up on Monday. I've definitely been seeing some movement, & so I wanted to share some photos! :) Here is photo of my top teeth on day 1 to give you some insight into just how horrible & GAPPY my top te...

Ha ha Pegasus, I totally know how you feel. It will be two weeks this Monday since I was braced, and I'm constantly looking in the mirror to see if any of the spaces between my top four teeth have closed. I'm not very patient. =/

Well, it has been a week since my b-day! On Friday, the little hook that holds the arch wire fell off of my back molar on the left side. =/ So now the wire is just sort of hanging out. Ha ha. I wasn't even eating or anything when it came off. Anyway, I called the ortho today & they scheduled me ...

I'm only on day 3 with braces, but I am interested to see how this whole process will affect me socially. I'm 20, in college, & work with the public as a sales associate in a men's store. I was really nervous about going to work yesterday, but it wasn't bad at all. Honestly, it seemed as though ...

Hi! My name is Heather, and I am 20 years old. I live in southern Ohio, and I am a student at Ohio University Southern Campus. I am so glad that I stumbled upon this site, and I have truly loved reading everyones stories. I guess my journey began in November, when I finally decided that I wanted to ...