Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi mzone. Your smile, while not "perfect" looks just fine compared to many people. However, it seems to me by your statements that you are concerned with how other people view you. First of all, your view of yourself is far more important. Love yourself first and all will follow. Second, i...

Hilarious....Thanks everyone!!

Im not braced for another 2 weeks but I have been in a removable expander for the last 4 months that is similar to the older type of retainer (metal wire across the front teeth). I try to very discretely pop out my expander behind a napkin and wrap it up quickly or put it in its case under the table...

I've not heard of an ALF appliance or seen one on this forum. I have a Schwartz expander now (a removable, adjustable by me, plastic and metal appliance that covers the entire roof of my mouth and has wires between most of my upper teeth) and it seems like most people on the forum have or have had a...

Well, I guess there aren't very many people who have the Schwartz Expander or nobody has experienced what I am experiencing. I will just go back to being a lurker until I get braced. Thanks anyway.

I'm not totally sure its not the expander creeking but it sure feels like my teeth. I'm assuming that the sound I hear is normal considering the fact that I am trying to force bone apart or at least to expand. I'm not in braces yet so I don't have any of those kind of adjustments but I will see my o...

Maybe an expander to widen your upper palate. It's a pretty bogus device when you first get it but you do get used to it and it sure seems like there is worse devices out there.

No I did not. I am going the non-surgical route and I am 40.

Hi everyone. I have been with a removable Schwartz Expander for about a month and a half now and I'm seeing good expansion (a gap in my front teeth that once overlapped and 2mm of expansion at my first month ortho visit). My questions is to anyone who has used a removable expander. Recently my teeth...