Metal Mouth Message Board

I'm surprised you are only wearing your retainers at night. Usually orthos have you wear them 24/7 for 6-12 months after debracing. The fact that the gap closes when you are wearing your retainer and opens when you are not suggests that you need to wear your retainer more. I'd call the ortho and le...

I had my braces off last Thursday (20-01-11) and was given clear essix retainers. I've been wearing them as instructed, every night. But tonight I noticed my extraction gap had come a little open (I've attached a photo - the gap is on the left between 2 molars). When I take my retainers out in the m...

ALL GONE Can still feel glue on them though! Felt so weird after, and having them taken off was actually pretty painful!

I posted a similar question about a week ago. I was wearing my elastics most of the time except when eating, brushing & flossing which for me was a significant part of the day when I included bfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, etc. I'd wake in the AM feeling a tightness to my teeth (a sign that some...

I wear L-shaped elastics going from my top right canine, to my top right molar, down to my bottom right molar, to shut an extraction gap. The gap is pretty much shut and there's about half a mm left (debond next time :D). I wear them religiously (and actually double them up for twice the power!) to ...

My initial prediction was 18 months... it's been 29 debrace next month though

I'll join in... 20th January!!
Although my ortho said it'll only happen if everything is in order and my gap is closed. Wearing elastics religiously now!!

1.Where are you located? UK
2. How much are you paying for your braces? Free, covered by the NHS as I'm under 19
3. What kind of braces do you have? Metal
4. What is your estimated time in braces? 18 months (had them 28 months, will have them off in January!!)

I have two issues/questions here. First of all, I got elastics at the orthodontist just over 2 weeks ago. I asked him "do I take them out when I eat" and he said "ooh no, just when you clean your teeth". However, if I attempt to eat with them in, they just come unhooked, or snap ...

Something like that, unfortunately the last time I asked when they'd be off, which was around Christmas, he told me Easter time.

Well that was the original plan a few years ago, the prediction my regular dentist had made, and in fact yesterday he told me he'd rather had taken the tooth out before (originally I was to have 4 - the same tooth on each side, top and bottom). But I went to the orthodontist and this was lowered to ...

Oh and I forgot to say... during the extraction, obviously since I was numbed, where he was pulling didn't hurt... but I could feel it on the other side of my mouth. It felt like he was about to yank my braces off, even though the tooth he was pulling o wasn't attatched to the brace!

I had an extraction yesterday (28-04-10) and since it was a baby tooth it went fine. However now the two teeth in front of it (the tooth was a molar) i.e. the premolar and canine hurt... is this normal? Yesterday the premolar felt almost wobbly... even though this is an adult tooth. Is this normal?

Boots Experts brand actually have an orthodontic range, including and orthodontic mouthwash. I'm not sure whether they are any different to their usual stuff though. I use Original Listerine because I don't like minty stuff as I find it's too sticky. Listerine is also very strong and if you leave it...

I am extremely annoyed at the cnages to my appointments. Not my orthodontist, but my regular dentist. My orthodontist referred me to my dentist to have an extraction - they gave me a letter to send in the post. I actually took it in person on the same day to my dentist. A month later, they still had...