Metal Mouth Message Board

When wire adjustments combine with up-coming holiday eating, it's enough to make the most dedicated party-goer think twice. Here are seven tips that will help ensure a carefree silver smile at any festivity: • If you’ve had a treatment that day, immediately afterwards drink or eat something very...

You're not alone! My mother had braces at age 68, and that was 18 years ago. I had them last year at age 53, but I've heard of people in their 70s doing it. Regarding soft foods, the hints that others have given are good. You can also look at the "sticky" list of soft food cookbooks that i...

My daughter (braces from age 9 - 14; now 16) had an open bite due to tongue thrust plus huge molars, that was treated with 4 TADs that made the molars "retreat" back into the jaw. Everything came into beautiful alignment with the TADs (though two fell out and had to be replace - not fun), ...

can my bite have changed so that nowmy back right molars touch, but not my back left molars, and it was just the other way around the other day? Yes, I had that happen (I had traditional adult braces last year at age 53); it didn't last more than probably a week, and then things shifted again. It's...

I hope you're doing much better now that a week has gone by. I had braces for a year last year (at age 53) and I'm so pleased with the results!! And it was actually fun, the few times someone did comment. One hint - anytime new hardware is added, if your mouth feels sore, swish around salt water (1 ...