Metal Mouth Message Board

Hey guys! My second adjustment was a piece of cake... They just "fully engaged" my wires (aka snapped the wire into 2 brackets that were too crooked for the wire to snap into at first). I had my third adjustment this past Thursday. They removed the old archwire and placed a new archwire on...

Hey Sues, I honestly think you're worrying wayyyyy too much. In my position, I give presentations and talk to people just about every minute of every day. I get a new group of people to talk to every week. I'm 25- I looked younger than 25 to begin with, but now I'm told that I look even younger. I'v...

I'm a little jealous that you get to pick colors!
I was given those smartclip self-ligating braces, so I won't get to choose colors.

It'll be two weeks later today. I am happy to report that I've been eating solids since the weekend began... The food that gets stuck in my braces could probably feed a small child. :) Unfortunately, I still have a lisp. All of the little hooks on my braces are doing a great job of cutting up the in...

Hey irishlass!

Can you chew yet?
I'm back to eating solids... Have been since this past weekend.
I've found that pasta is A PAIN.
Still can't bite into things with my front teeth...
...Still have the lisp...

How are you holding up?

Oh thank goodness. I thought I was the only one who developed a lisp!

I hope it goes away soon, cause I teach for a living!!!

I find that I complain a lot more than the 12 year olds!!

FYI...

I went into work yesterday, for the first time after being braced, and the first thing I saw was a picture of myself with braces and a comment bubble saying, "If you thought I looked young before, just look at me now!"

Hey guys, I'm 25. Went through grad school without braces (everybody, including my dentist, said my smile was good enough and the crowding wasn't very noticable) and entered my professional life feeling blah about my teeth. Good enough wasn't good enough. And my brother is in dental school and using...

Hey Stacey, I'm pretty sure I've got the same composite material built up on two of my molars as you do. It's blue and feels like a glob of hard candy. I remember asking the clinical assistant... How am I supposed to eat if my teeth don't touch each other??? And she just smiled and said I'd learn ho...

i was definitely feeling the braces the night of and the morning after i got them. i had to get 4 teeth extracted on thursday, but i could never decide which hurts more. the extraction sites or the braces...

i'm gonna go with the braces.

I have metal braces. Why didn't I get to pick colors? It's just the brackets and the wires. No pretty bands.
...My head hurts. Teeth extractions tomorrow morning