Metal Mouth Message Board

Thanks everyone for the well wishes. Things are going great. I can feel my front lower teeth loose when I push them with my tongue so I know things are moving or in the process of moving. No pain really and I am biting and chewing quite well on the left side. Can anyone share their tooth brushing ro...

I have had braces on for 3 days and I must say i have been eating okay since I was braced. i broke my food up in tiny pieces and made due. Some of my teeth were more sensitive than others so I chose to eat on the less sensitive teeth. As of today my left side is not hurting so I am chewing on that s...

Hello everyone. I am 23 years old and new to this site as well as braces. As I have read many say in numerous brace stories, I always wanted to get my smile fixed but never actually took the first step into making that happen. Well I did attempt to get braced in January of 2008 but soon learned I wo...

On Brace day, before braces were applied. http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/9537/braceday10.jpg The smile afterwards http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/8571/braceday2.jpg Upper and lower arch (Notice extraction sites) http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/2051/braceday9.jpg http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/1016...

So I am officially braced and it is nowhere as bad as I thought it would be. I actually like them and think I look kind of cute. I am a little concerned because I am not in pain and i have read many stories about the discomfort of braces. Does the wire number have anything to do with it. I have a 14...

A few hours left before 1:15 brace appointment, excited and nervous.

Getting braced in 2 days, getting extremely nervous. Not ready for the pain.

Thanks againbrace. The extraction sites are doing quite well. Much better today than previous days, hopefully the throbbing feeling will go away completely by tomorrow. Brace day in 5 days, yay!!

6 more days till brace day. Still counting down. And still trying to cope with the extraction sites, they are a lil sore still. Im just terrified of the dry socket thing now.

Thanks for the info andromeda, i have tried to chew all the way to the back. So far so good, not too much pain but the holes look huge, hopefully they wont take too long to close after the braces are put on. Question, how long before the blood clot goes away and the extraction site look like normal ...

So today is April 8th and I had four extractions of my first pre molars done today. The bottom extractions kinda hurt as they were taking it out because he had to use a lot of fore to take them out. The top ones I didnt feel coming out at all. Now afterwards, not really in any pain. I took some motr...

Thanks for the encouragement. I get the extractions done on April 8th and braces April 16th. Im actually excited now.

Thank you all for your replies. Wow 6 weeks to move the canine is awesome. I am excited to have a better smile. I was just concerned about the ceramics as one of the dental hygienist at my regular doctor told me they slow done the progress as she have seen from experience but the ortho said it would...

Reposted pics so photos not so blinding The smile http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4188/dsc00448.jpg Upper and Lower Arch http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/5282/dsc00446s.jpg http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/1926/dsc00442lun.jpg Profile http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/2785/dsc00449.jpg http:...

Sorry for the huge pics, I dont know how to resize The smile http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c374/trevi02/DSC00448.jpg Upper Arch http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c374/trevi02/DSC00446.jpg Lower Arch http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c374/trevi02/DSC00442.jpg Profile http://i31.photobucket.com/al...