Metal Mouth Message Board

No, if your teeth are stable it should not feel tight at night. You should check with your orthodontist, but my teeth moved a bit after years of wearing a retainer only at night, and for the whole time I wore it at night it was never tight. So imagine if had been tight! If it had not broken I would ...

Just an update - the ortho said my previous ortho work has actually worked and stayed pretty well and just the shaping of my teeth was never properly addressed, so they appear wonky, and he advised shaping and veneers. He said if I was really unhappy he could tweak it in a few months with clears to ...

Thanks Sandra! I am going on Monday for my consultation, and I'm sure it would be top and bottom. Is there any reason why one would want to get top and bottom on different days? For me I think I would rather make one big adjustment than two moderate ones. If I do it, I think my preference would be t...

I hope someone answers this too! The #1 thing I dislike about my teeth is the color (antibiotic stains from childhood), and I hate to think that if I go through this procedure, I can't have a thing done to fix it until I am finished! It also makes me wonder if I could have my teeth bonded (to be nic...

Also, food-related - because of my tooth-shape being generally bad and also the top ones shifting forward again, I can't really bite off lunch meat, pizza, etc., as it is, without making a mess, and I've been told that the accommodations I make are similar to what a person with braces does, so if I ...

Thanks LB. I'm not TOO worried about the lisp in my case, because although it would really bother me I think I might not have that problem. This sounds crazy but yesterday I got some gum and stuck it behind my teeth, and then stuck broken up pieces of nuts in it, which are definitely a lot more clun...

I have known I needed braces for a long time. I had a tongue thrust and started ortho treatment as a kid which my parents never followed through with. In college once I was out of the dorms I had a nice dentist who gave me something like a Hawley retainer with some springs and elastics, which helped...