Metal Mouth Message Board

Sammy... On the bottom I wore my retainer 24/7 for about a month. And that was basically because I was still doing my top teeth so just kept wearing the bottom as well. The top retainer I only had to wear full-time for 2 weeks. I have had no problems with my top retainer at all. Mild tightness at ni...

I see a lot of new people on here and wanted to tell you how fast it goes. Today is my first day of going to nightwear only for my retainers! I am at work and am taking my sweet time drinking my diet coke and eating my sandwich! i may even have a second diet coke :D It is odd without them in. I feel...

Thanks everyone! I agree that most people could care less that I have invisalign and didn't care about me popping them out wherever (I got sick of the bathroom trips too). I have become a brushing/flossing addict since starting and i know that will not go away now! I never knew how much food could g...

no idea...they didn't want to guess but it didn't sound like many. the one assistant was even surprised i was doing refinements, but a couple more trays is worth perfection when i'm paying this much!!! and i do like invisalign and glad i did it, but as i'm sitting here i dont have my trays in and i ...

I got my attachments off yesterday and had impressions done for refinement. (My teeth look great, but since I'm paying so much money I want them perfect!) I love having my buttons off and have been running my teeth over them constantly. My ortho said a couple weeks wait for the refinements to come i...

i haven't been to the dentist since starting, but my ortho told me that i couldn't have any dental work done while in aligners because of the fit. I'm assuming fillings change the shape of your tooth so you aligner won't be the same. I am going to the dentist next month and just hoping that i don't ...

i was pretty good about thanksgiving, just having them out while eating at my grandma's but Christmas is going to be much harder as I'm used to eating all Christmas Eve and Christmas day!! I figure I'll make some adjustments, but if one day of an extra hour or two sets me that far back. I think I'll...

i'd say it is a tray by tray basis. meaning each tray will be a little different. i'm starting tray 4 tonight so i'm sure i'll be more sore for the next couple days, but it doesn't last long. just remember that it is all worth it in the end and it keeps getting easier to deal with them. i'm glad u a...

hang in there it gets better... I'm 26 and am on week 5. I've realized that every time something changes, like a new tray, attachments, anything, it'll be awkward for a few days then you adjust (for me it seems about 4 days) With that said, water and chapstick are still my friends to avoid the dry m...

me again... over the weekend all but 2 of my attachments have cracked. they haven't fallen off, but they look to be about half the thickness they used to be. is this a problem? i really don't want to go get new ones put on if I don't have to. the retainers still feel tight and "click" over...

Thanks :D I had 2 pop off the very next day, one at lunch, one at dinner. I got them put back on yesterday and so far so good. My teeth are really sore (especially my bottom) but it's only been about three days with this retainers so I'm sure that will go away. The gritty feeling is better already a...

I got 8 attachments put on this afternoon with my third set of trays. I was happily surprised that it only took me a couple minutes to get them off for dinner tonight. A trick my ortho told me was to start in the back work forward, and try popping them off from the inside of your teeth. It helped me...

Hi, I started my second trays last Thursday and they have been much better than the first. The front of my bottom tray on my first set were cutting my lip/gum area so bad that i was relying on anbesol way too much. I finally went in to my ortho after a painful weekend trip and she filed it down for ...

Thanks everyone, I got them this afternoon and kept them in until I got back to work. I hadn't eaten lunch and they were already giving me a headache, so I'm leaving them out until I get home late tonight after work, so I can brush my teeth and do the whole "start with them in overnight" t...

I am getting my retainers tomorrow!! My worry is that if I start wearing them right away I will have to always switch them on a Thursday. I think I would prefer to switch on Sunday morning or night because of A) Remembering B) Don't want my mouth in pain over the weekends...rather do it at work when...