Metal Mouth Message Board

i feel like i am the only one in this forum...

even the moderators are sleeping, i emailed bbsadmin to move this post to "Our Braces Stories" and never heard from him.

is there any other more active braces forum than this?

yup same experience here, i just had my first adjustment like a week ago. it hurt more than the first time putting the wire in but it went away pretty quick like 3 days. good luck.

wow, looking back at my first post here in archwired.com it has been 3 years and I finally got it. I was 26 then and 29 now. Time went by fast. Member for 3 years with only 5 post that's got to be a record lol. any braces experts here that can tell me if it's easy to move that canine tooth outward. ...

they look great, time to take them off and be done.

I heard getting resin removed in the middle of treatment (like when a bracket pops off) is worse as your teeth are still sensitive from the movement whereas at the end of treatment they have at least settled a little in the right place. I'm hoping this is true as I'm dreading removal especially as ...

my thoughts don't worry about it, no one will notice it except yourself. tom cruise's midline is off way worse so as long as they are straight you're good to go.

I had braces put on like a month and half ago and here's the progress. Before August, 1 2012: http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8441/7956918644_45b4339ce4_n.jpg First day with braces Aug 2, 2012: I think they forgot to put on the O-ring on the top front crooked tooth. http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8441/...

One of my front teeth is pretty twisted looking, it looks like it rotated at 45 degree angle, it really bothers me. My parents didn't have the money to do it for me when i was a kid, their excuse is "it's not that bad". I am 26 now. when i get my teeth straighten out, will it stay straight...