Metal Mouth Message Board

BUY DENTAL WAX! yes, if you got a little package of wax from your ortho USE IT on all of the pokey brakets and wires that are poking your mouth, if they didn't give you any you should be able to buy some from the drug store/ walmart etc. Salt water rinse will help heal your mouth. It will get bette...

another "dry" option is the little "Christmas tree" brush that will help get the stuff out from under your braces. But that said, I also hate using public bathrooms (shopping mall, work etc.) to brush my teeth, I do it anyway and it really doesn't take long - at first try to pick...

ewww I can't imagine having the impressions done with braces still on?! Unless they use different stuff to do the impressions, wouldn't it all get caught in your braces (kind of like scrambled eggs do, or process cheese slices)

H ow long does it take for the ortho to remove your braces? Will they book a longer appointment? (Getting to the end of my treatment, they keep saying "soon" but haven't given a debracing date... and I guess that I'm hoping that I'll show up for an appointment and they'll surprise me by t...

sadpanda wrote:Hi -

This question was asked on another thread somewhere...you might want to look. .

why does somebody always say that? couldn't find it. I read often but don't post THAT much. If no one ever posted the same thing twice it would be a short forum.

I've had my braces for about 1 1/2 years, I had big gaps to close from extractions as well as alot of teeth that were turned, so my teeth had long distances to move, I still occassionally have that really loose clicking tooth feeling. How long does it take untill teeth firm up in place? Is it only w...

if you miss yours, you can have mine ... I sure won't miss mine at all, can't wait to get them off!!!!!

Jen8626 wrote:can anyone recommend anything else for sore cheeks to act as a barrier? I can't really put wax on it it'll prob come loose every time I open my mouth

I have used wax with elastics- it is a bit tricky to make it stay... but it will move your cheek out a bit and it will be away from your elastics.

your subject line is a haiku poem...

they usually bend my wires at the back also, but it sure doesn't feel like they did this time. Good thing that my big gaps are closed. It still feels like it's poking at the back

both at the same time

forgot to add, applesauce

Hi,

you didn't mention if you eat eggs (I know some people who are vegan do and some don't...), but scrambled or boiled eggs are great, mashed potatoes are also very easy to eat. It does get easier...

Every time I sweep the floor at home, I find the elastics that I've dropped- I never seem to be able to see them when I drop them.

Maybe now that I've 'graduated' to the heavy duty tortoise elastics, they won't move so quickly and I'll find them easier.

oh, and eat some popcorn as well.