Metal Mouth Message Board

I live in Australia and I got a kit when I first got braces. I guess it is uncommon in other places.... It included: Dental wax 3x toothbrushes (regular one, travel one and a special braces one) Refill brushes for the brace toothbrush Food guide Dental hygiene with braces guide Packet of pink pills ...

Now I'm at the stage where I'm waiting for the canine to make movement enough to attach the bracket to it so it'll move with the braces, I guess? For anyone's who had this process before maybe you could help me: the oral surgeon attached a sort of black button to the impacted canine with a gold cha...

Was quoted 2 years and it has been 6years in total. 5 years in braces and 1 year with the operation prior to getting braces. She told me we are on the home stretch at my last appointment. However, if I was told at my initial consultation (was 18 years old) that this process wouldn't be finished unti...

I was quoted 2 years and it's been 4 and a half years so I know the torture.

I'm soo jealous!! But I'll be screaming from the rooftops when mine are off

Bad news, I went to my ortho yesterday for my brace adjustment etc and she said I still have a long while to go yet :( She is very vague on the details like an exact time (probably because this took x10000 times longer then expected). My last impacted canine is down a lot now and its on its way over...

My 2nd canine poked through about 2 weeks ago and is coming down pretty quick it only took 3.5 years

It will probably be a while before this one moves into place because of how far it is from its final destination but with any luck time will fly by!

Final home stretch woooo

I'm 22 and they didn't mention anything about fusing to the bone more that it was really far up. From what I can gather it was just to push things along...

Last week, I just had my mouth lasered!! My right canine was taking a long time to come down so they used a laser to "burn" the gum away so they could pull it with a chain.... It kills!! I'm popping painkillers like skittles!! I even drink water and it burns the area arrrrg lol Anyways, I ...

I had the exact same thing back in mid-07 I'm still in the process of pulling them across to my braces to be attached. Got braces beginning of 08 was hoping I'd have this all finished by start of 2010 but im leaning more towards mid-late 2010 at this rate. I was put under as well and it was pretty m...

Yer don't let braces stand in the way of your personal life. I should take my own advice their but after I got braces people didn't care and still don't.

I know how you feel, back when I had no braces I had crooked teeth which looked like vampire fangs on the front and a gap in the middle of my teeth. I was very self consious like yourself however your boyfriend loves you no matter what I'm sure The parent situation for me was pretty much the same th...

Hey guys, I currently have braces and had impact canines that are currently being pulled by elastics and chains etc. Anyways lately I've been spitting uncontrollably a lot more then before does anyone else have this problem. My computer screen needs wind screen wipers its gotten pretty bad lol. But ...

I'm 21! Got braces over a year ago and was hoping to have them off by march next year although I don't see it happening :( Dating is such a pain in the ass since I'm so self consious with my mouth I keep thinking ohhh well life will start once its all over so I'm counting down the days until it's ov...

Hey, I have impacted canines too! I got my surgery for the extraction 2 years ago and its been a work in progress ever since. I had 2 impacted canines one is down and elastic is pulling it over into its correct spot however the 2nd one is just about to break through my mouth. I'm not sure how long i...