Metal Mouth Message Board

Okay, so I had my (stupid) braces on for like a year and a half and decided I wanted them taken off because I didn't like how it was going. Specifically, I noticed my bottom jaw had moved a lot and now I didn't like the way my face was shaped. I had no idea that was going to happen. So I got them ta...

Like my actual jaw moved. I don't really know why that would be so hard to figure out, it's pretty common when people get braces I thought. I've just noticed my face shape is completely different, it's more round and my jaw sticks out more.Well anyway, I really don't like it so I was wondering if it...

I notice my jaw moved a lot since I got braces. If I get them taken off, will it go back to normal or will it be stuck like this forever?

leftyme wrote:I don't think you have a weak jaw at all. Your profile looks good to me!

Me too

I think my mouth looks bigger as in wider. I don't know if that's possible, but it does. I had a really small mouth to begin with though.

I'm not sure if anything else looks different, that's like the only thing I noticed.

I am really afraid to have surgery. I want to do it, but I am just SO scared by it. I'm always worried that I am going to die. And then I really have no excuse because it is elective surgery. I don't need it. It just seems a bit silly to me to put my life in risk when I don't really need to. But the...

Bellalalala wrote: Maybe it's because I'm in Canada hahaha

Probably! People in america are rude!

Yeah I had that too. It's very depressing. I know mine was started by braces but I think I made mine worse because at the time I was using nicotine gum and it's known to irritate your gums. So I don't know if I made it worse but it was SO sore for a while until I stopped using the gum. My mom had th...

Yeah! That's one of the reasons I hate having them! When I first got them everyone was like "whyd you get braces?". Everyone just acts so weird about it. Which I guess I probably would too if someone I knew got braces. I guess people do think it's kind of a vanity thing. I don't think peop...

Thank you to all of the replies from mature adults. Seriously, some of these replies are just stupid. nessness- I just wanted to rant because I don't know anybody my age that has braces. That's all. I wasn't expecting such ridiculous comments back. And also, I have been working since I was 16. I am ...

No, I use regular floss that's what I meant. I don't even mess with the floss threader thing. I can get to most teeth very easily except for the back ones. Sometimes it takes me like 10 attempts to even get it in between the braces on one of my back teeth. Very frustrating and it makes me want to sc...

The dentist or ortho never told me but it is possible for them to miss it right?

I think I'm just going to get them taken off. I cant live with them for six more months or more. There's no way I can do that I'm so unhappy with them. My baby tooth doesn't look that bad. It's time to stop being such a perfectionist.

Yes you need to clean them better and floss! That's the first sign of gum disease. I have the same problem but in my back top teeth. My teeth are so little that it is hard to clean in between the bracket and the gum. Actually I didn't even think about it until they started getting red and swollen. N...

Oh my goodness. There is NOTHING wrong with your teeth. Don't waste your time and money. Your teeth are not even crooked. That's about the straightness of my teeth and I'm about to get my braces off, meaning yours are NOT crooked. I don't really know much about overbites but I guess if you say you h...