Metal Mouth Message Board

For those of you who have successfully transitioned into the chewing phase, how did you get there? I'm supposed to be chewing on foods like eggs and tofu, but I just end up mashing with my tongue or swallowing them whole. And when I do try, all the food gets stuck in this crevice between my cheek a...

Yo all, day 13 today. Everything is back to normally mentally.. My lower jaw is still completely numb, lower lip still completely numb. Top lip has some feeling in it. Swelling is going down but I'm definately still swolen. The yellow bruising seems to have disappeared. Still very hard to talk, anyo...

Hey guys, Today is day 11, I start school tommorrow so this ought to be interesting. My lower chin is completey numb still, lower lip is completely numb, top lip has some feeling but is minimal... and my cheeks are still puffy. I drip and drool on my chin and I don't even know until my girlfriend wi...

Day 10 today, swelling is going down more and more every day.. still very numb in my chin and lower jaw.. my tongue also feels numb but i dont know if thats just because of all the numbness on the lower jaw or what. I can open my mouth about 1 finger. I'm still on percocet but I think within a day o...

5 days post op, Still in pain until I take my pain pills, whole face is tingly, escpecially by the chin.. My jaw/ chin/ neck are all yellow now from the bruising but the swelling has went down alot. Tried mac and cheese today for the first time but it didnt taste very good. Oral Surgeon is very happ...

I had my surg Aug 11th and I am startin to get tingly feelings back around my chin and and all over my face, Ive needed the pain pills every 5 hours but I was able to get a full nights sleep last night. I only woke up once to take more pain pills Hopefully it gets better each day from here on out. I...

Heres me a day before I got braces on last Nov.. any questions feel free to ask away.

Hey guys, i made it.. Ill get some pics up in a few days, overall the surgery was sucessfful, no long term nerve damage my OS said, I had trouble peeing at first and everytime I would get up I would get nauseaus and almost puke. Swallowing hurts really bad right now because of the tube they had down...

Tomoorrows the big day!

Thinking about making youtube videos of my journey through the surgery.

Aug 11th here!

Best thing you can do is see an ortho, they will do a ton of pictures/ x rays/ impressions and give you an outline of what needs to be done to achieve what you want.. If they think you need surgery they will refer you to an oral surgeon.. best of luck, I have my surgery in less then a month and it'l...

<--August 11th here

weee we can be August buddies