Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi, maybe I should have said that it is a cosmetic dentistry treatment as opposed to orthodontic treatment and in my case is is not "more of a communication issue than anything else". I asked plenty of questions before I began the treatment as I don't take spending £2250 lightly. I like to...

Hi I'm just at the 6 month point of my 6 month smile braces and with hindsight I would have paid the extra to have proper braces. I chose them as they seemed to offer everything I was looking for - a shorter treatment time and less cost than full metal braces but it wasn't made clear to me that the ...

Hi I've had my 6 months smile braces for nearly 7 weeks now and so far I'm pretty pleased with them. They do stain quite easily with spicy food and things like tomato soup, so I'm trying to avoid these sorts of food until the week before my adjustment. Overall though, apart from being conscious of t...

Hi I'm so glad I found this post as I was starting to worry something was going very wrong with my treatment or I'd got a bad ortho. I too have developed a gap between my front right tooth and the tooth to the right of it, and there was no gap there before I got my braces. The gap is very noticable ...

Thanks everyone for all the support and advice. I decided to play it safe and stick to soup again for dinner last night, but today I might try out pasta. Hi Sisi, the braces I got are called 6 month smiles (I think they're known as 6 month braces in the US). I really wanted to go for invisaligns but...

Hi Saralynn, thanks for re-assuring me, it just feels so strange right now, especially as I have bite guards behind my top front teeth. I did manage scrambled eggs for lunch today & the oatmeal and cereals are a good idea. The soreness isn't too bad, taking a couple of painkillers now and then s...

Well after years of hating my teeth I've finally taken the plunge at 39 and had my 6 Month Smiles (as they're called in the UK) braces fitted yesterday. I'm really pleased with how they look, they're not really noticable until you get up close as the brackets are clear and the wire is a sort of crea...