Metal Mouth Message Board

Hey Smile, I'm so jealous that you have a friend starting treatment with you - that must be so encouraging! Congrats on getting started! :) Yeah it's really great because we're friends (co-workers) so I get to see him everyday and we will be able to follow our progress day by day. His consult is th...

Welcome! The braces look great

I was also wondering how to take good pix. Maybe with time we'll learn the tricks??

Your teeth look nice already so I can imagine they will be awesome once you're done with treatment. I know what you mean about making the decision - I'm still in college and have been on my own financially since before I was 18 so its tough to pay for school and rent and everything else and then add...

Congrats on getting braced Sam & Pixie. Right after getting braced I thought - oh this isn't so bad at all! Yeah RIGHT! Until the next day when the pain kicked in. I was just really really sore. But everyone says it only lasts about a week and that was right on for me. I almost forget I have the...

Hey all! So I'm a week and a day into treatment now and i'm feeling a lot better. The soreness was so bad initially I really wanted to take some pliers to my teeth. Then of course I feel like a baby because I think of all the kids that are braced and they seem to deal just fine so why can't I? I fel...

Thanks for the replies! Everyone keeps telling me the soreness will go away and even today (two days after my post) I'm feeling better. My right side is still really sore and impossible to chew down on that side. The teeth on the right almost feel hollow. But at least the real pain is gone (for now?...

Hey, Everyone! I am 23 years old and got my top braces put in on Tuesday (two days ago). I remember when I was about 11-12 my mom took us to the dentist (this is the only time I have ever been to the dentist other than last week when I had a couple of dentist & ortho consults!) and he of course ...