Metal Mouth Message Board

^thanks. i've been taking 2 panadols whenever it gets really bad. I'll go try the numbing cream. not sure if i'll be able to get it where I live.

OT, my gums bleed today! like I can actually see the blood and not just taste it! I wasn't even doing anything and it just started bleeding![/i]

Went to get the spacer put it again. One got out in my sleep and the dentist confirmed what everyone said here. It's normal. It's not pushing against anything too serious to cause permanent damage and the reason why it's so much more painful than the top is because of the whole impacted 2nd molars t...

I went back and look at the pictures with the new explanations and I think I know what you're saying! You're right about the slanted arch thing though. I was staring at the picture pretty hard and realised that it might just be the angle the picture was taken. I really like your teeth, It's like jus...

I don't get what you mean by slant down on the left side. I'm not sure if you realised this but from your picture(front shot without elastics), your right(the picture's left) side is actually a flatter arch while the left side(picture's right) is sort of more linear. as in, I can see more of the tee...

macgirl4ever: the dentist STILL thinks I don't need braces. i mentioned it once(when i was 14-15) and he told my mum if i ever did it, it would be for cosmetic reasons. The one reason he referred me to the ortho was to check and get the impacted molars fixed. yesterday, i was in a lot of pain and I ...

A little background info, my wisdom teeth in my lower jaw are both horizontally impacted. It has, I think, pushed my 2nd molars and as a result they are partially impacted on my first molars. My 2nd molars are also partially errupted. Anyway now I have seperators in for my molars and it's starting t...

Okay, I'm 18 going on 19. I've always been okay-ish about my teeth. They definitely weren't a million dollar smile but I never felt self conscious enough to want to do anything to them aesthetic wise. Anyway, so I began having quite a bit of pain in my back molars since I was 14. The lower second mo...