Metal Mouth Message Board

I got my braces on July 20, 2009, started wearing elastics in November 2009. I am supposed to wear them all the time except when eating so it's about 22 hours a day. Had a check up today and the Dr. seems impressed with everything moving on quickly!!!

I'm going into this very excited about the whole process. I promised myself to follow all the rules to the letter this time (as opposed to being braced as a teenager, and eating and doing whatever I liked at the time) I'm religious about brushing, and plan to follow the prescriptions for elastics a...

So just for an update here - after getting the elastics and power chains my teeth were VERY sore for the first 36 hours or so, but now it's my fourth day with elastics and I am confident that I can wear them the recommended 22 hours aday. My teeth are still a little sore when eating but it is getti...

If you're teeth are hurting they are probably moving, maybe you just can't see exactly how, I did see progress in the first two months, mostly because I had an impacted tooth and I saw that it was moving on up to be with the rest of my teeth, after I got new wires on my teeth rotated a lot more and ...

I also am doing this for a second time around. I had braces for 4 years as a kid from 4th thru 7th grade. I went to a dentist and not an orthodontist and also decided I didn't care about my overbite at that time. I also had an impacted tooth which is why my current dentist talked me into the braces ...

I am 27, I had braces as a child for 4 years, my parents took me to a dentist and not an orthodontist since it was half price, but I’ve learned that you get what you pay for. I still had an impacted tooth and an overbite (because I refused to wear my elastics or headgear). My current dentist had b...