Metal Mouth Message Board

Hey everyone, I am planning to call the ortho on Monday, but am worried now...so I thought I'd ask for anyone else's experiences. I know that the teeth will tend to be loose as they move, but one of my molars that my expander is attached to is very loose. It doesn't move side to side, but where my t...

So it's been just over 2 weeks and I'm actually doing OK!!!! yaaaaaaay! I still want it out really badly and I still sound slightly retarded when I talk. I feel like I have an entire parking deck in my mouth. Other than that, things have improved dramatically. I ate some spaghetti the other night an...

sdawdy, we had to replace an entire roll of TP when my boyfriend walked in the bathroom and thought he'd play around with the waterpik. He didn't know you had to hold the button down when you cut it on - water shot all over the bathroom and more specifically all over my Charmin. He uses too much TP ...

Ok...so it has been almost a week since expander, and my tongue is not used to it at all!!! I have been doing salt rinses, peroxyl, wax, etc. There is one part of the expander that goes more into the middle of my mouth above my tongue. It just made my tongue start bleeding!!! And that doesn't touch ...

I have only had mine for 6 days and I'd be totally used to them if it weren't for the quad helix they stuck in there. I will be so happy when it comes out!

Hi, I just got my braces on last Friday and they put in a quad helix yesterday (along with a stronger top wire). My tongue is absolutely killing me in the three raw spots that this expander hits it. I have tried massive amounts of salt water, wax, chewing gum and nothing will help! Last night I had ...