Metal Mouth Message Board

Just so you know, I totally regret getting the ceremics. My ortho just put them on the front "social six" on top, which are all you see anyway. My complaint is that they're not as clear as you think. It's quite obvious to me that I have braces, so I wish I'd just gone the whole hog and got...

I had a similar fear shortly after I got braced. My back molars were bracketed, but not wired in for the first couple months. They ended up both migrating back into where my wisdom teeth had been only months before. Like you, I debated calling, but I never ended up doing that. I just mentioned it at...

For anyone shuddering in horror at these stories, don't turn away from them yet! I've been in them for over a year now and have been (obviously!) lucky not to have had any pain with them - just a minor push/pressure feeling when they open and close the doors. Evilnel's story about opening the doors ...

Corn on the cob is definately not something to be eaten around other people! It makes quite the mess in the teeth! I eat pretty much anything I want, like UGHBRACES said, minus caramel and gummy candies. I will admit there are things I'm not a fan of eating in public, like sandwiches , which I find ...

Yeah, if I break something (it's only happened once), I just get popped in for a quick fix. My next appointment was only a week away, but since my ortho is busy, they just fixed my bite ramps and I was back a week later for the adjustment. I had to cancel an appointment once, since a work contract o...

I hear ya! I've been elastic'd up since September - "over the hill" pattern my ortho calls it, which is basically from the back bottom tooth, over the top third tooth and back down to the bottom fourth. Yuck! My mouth hasn't opened more than a a centimeter in the last 6 months! Got my firs...

I haven't SEEN any movement in about 10 months. About 8 months ago we started closing up my extraction gaps and I can feel them moving! They used to be huge! Now I can barely stick my tongue in them! But I can't see the changes. I was one of those who had mostly bite problems, so my teeth seemed to ...

Christmas dinner was hard! Luckily I could eat solid food by then, but I did a pre-apology to my grandfather sitting across from me - I couldn't chew with my mouth closed!

Any hints on what to do with pictures? How can I put some up? Help would be appreciated :) So, lacking any 'before' pictures, I was planning on putting up some day 1 pictures. Alas, that will be later. Getting the brackets put on was so little hassle, it took only about 35 minutes. My ortho basicall...

I've been creeping around the AW board for a bit now, since I started this little adventure. I figured it was time to share my story as it started and as it continues! My brace story started when I was sixteen. I had this one baby tooth that just wouldn't fall out, and the adult tooth started growin...