Metal Mouth Message Board

Thanks for bumping this thread - too funny!
Right now I'm dealing with three Toucans on each side of my mouth and I'm not liking it!!

Hey, could you have some chips, a nice big steak, and a Snickers bar for me, please?? Man, I didn't really have those things very often before, but I could really go for some now!

metal top and bottom here...

$4300 here for metal uppers & lowers, includes retainers at the end & covers all treatment no matter how long it takes. $500 down & interest free monthly payments or could've done carecredit. Insurance will pay $1500 & I will turn the rest in to flex spending account to get reimburse...

Hi Scottman, Congrats on getting braces today! :D I also have a large bite ramp behind my front upper teeth for the same reason. I've had it for a week now and cannot chew anything yet since none of my teeth meet. I have found it easiest to eat foods that I can "mush" and swallow for now. ...

Hi kvs, It sounds like you may have the same thing I have, which my ortho called a rickanator. I was braced top and bottom last Tuesday with a lingual wire on the bottom and this device on the top. Mine is a large hard plastic "plate" that sits right behind my front upper teeth and is slig...

north central Illinois

Here's what I got after being braced today... Oral-B Triumph toothbrush :D manual Colgate small toothbrush Lip balm and full sizes of the following: Pink Listerine Smart Rinse Crest Pro Health mouthwash Crest Pro Health toothpaste GC MI Paste Plus (use at night to prevent white spots) baggie full of...

I am so so excited and nervous and fearful all at the same time.

Same here... I'm starting to have some weird dreams about braces and my teeth, so I'm sure that's nerves, but I'm really ready to start treatment.

Will let you know how the spacers are on the 14th!!

Hey, I'm not too far behind you....

13 days till spacers

20 days till braces