Metal Mouth Message Board

I'm now at the point (thank heavens!) where I can eat pretty normally, but there are a few things I really miss: - caramel apples - biting into carrots and apples without having to cut them up into tiny pieces like you would for a toddler - granola bars I had a real pang of frustration yesterday at ...

Happy 1 month upper brace-iversary!

Sorry to hear about your car crash, I hope you are okay!

I have now reached the two month mark! I'm a little disappointed, I don't really see any big changes. After reading so many of the other stories here at AW I thought that by now I should be seeing some visible improvement. However, my teeth seem to be just as eff'd up as they were before. I know tha...

A double congrats to you!! I remember how freaked out I was when I did my driving exam and honestly, even though I've been licensed for ten years you couldn't pay me enough to go back and do that test! I hope you are adjusting well to having both sets of chompers braced. Don't worry about the mega-m...

Wow! It has been a while since I have been here at AW. It's been a combination of a busy and hectic schedule in my lab and then a much needed vacation afterwards. I have now passed the one month mark, and I haven't yanked the blasted things off my teeth yet. I had my first adjustment yesterday, and ...

Wow! It has been a while since I have been here at AW. It's been a combination of a busy and hectic schedule in my lab and then a much needed vacation afterwards. I have now passed the one month mark, and I haven't yanked the blasted things off my teeth yet. I had my first adjustment yesterday, and ...

Well, I'm now two weeks in and I have had my first orthodontic "emergency", I had a bracket pop off today as I bit into a piece of steamed broccoli. I finished my lunch, cleaned the food shrapnel out of my teeth as usual and called my orthodontist's office. Unfortunately they were closed f...

I have all metal on top, and will eventually have all metal on the bottom as well. I would have preferred to have the ceramic brackets on top, as a graduate student I do a lot of public speaking at conferences and giving lectures for undergrad courses. However, due to a severe allergy to latex my or...

Happy one month anniversary!!!

I'm glad to hear that you are making good progress. I'm also jealous of your soon to be ceramic uppers, I would've loved to have those!

Hi Maureen, congrats on your new braces! I'm now ten days into the journey myself. I found that the worst of the irritation was over the first 4-5 days (I went through a ton of wax in that time), but after that it has definitely gotten better, I now only put wax on 2 of my brackets. If you find your...

I definitely hear you on the popcorn thing! One of the summer students in my lab made some this afternoon and it drove me crazy. I'm tempted to make some and just let the starchy part dissolve in my mouth then spit out whatever hull is left. It definitely won't be a pretty sight (best to do this at ...

It has officially been one week since I got my braces! I'm happy to report that I haven't packed it in, called my ortho and had the blasted things taken off (believe me, the thought has crossed my mind on more than one occasion). I can already see some movement in a couple of my teeth (very slight, ...

A double congratulations to you! I hope you are adjusting well to both sets of new bling. Welcome to the metal-mouth club!

Congrats! I'm another 26 year old who has recently been braced (July 8th). Hope you are getting along okay as you adjust to the new hardware!

I'm happy to report that my mouth is starting to feel better, there is less pain when I bite down, and the feeling of overall pressure has also eased up a little bit. I'm feeling brave and will be attempting my first semi-solid meal tonight (pasta and tomato sauce). The inside of my lips feel funny ...