Metal Mouth Message Board

I got 4 of my teeth (premolars) pulled after I got my brackets on. It was definitely an experience, lol. I just got local anesthetic, and although I couldn't feel any pain, I could feel the pressure of my dentist pulling and pushing to get them loose. The worst part was the fact that it took 1 tooth...

Hi y'all! New to the braces world, and I am looking for a good pair of mouthguards to make sure my expensive appliance doesn't take a beating while I'm playing basketball. I got one from the dentist to hold me over, but it's so hard to breathe through, and always gets stuck on my teeth when taking i...

Hey all, name's Greg and I am getting my first (and hopefully last) pair of braces at the ripe age of 25 and 5/6ths. I am doing it now because I can finally financially afford it, and although my teeth weren't terrible, I wanted to have a better smile and hope to get rid of my overbite and puffed ou...

Hey Ming! Welcome to the club. Although I'm not in it myself, but I have my brackets on and I just got my 4 premolars removed last Thursday. Wires this Thursday! I'm in the same boat that my teeth weren't THAT bad, straight for the most part, but I wanted to get smaller looking lips and rid of my ov...

Hi all! I am FINALLY getting braces on Thursday, and in order to do so, my ortho said that it was probably best for me to get 4 premolars removed to make room for teeth. I got my teeth removed last week, and during the extraction the dentist accidentally broke off a piece of the root on my top right...