Metal Mouth Message Board

What a pain braces can be! After developing dry socket, it took quite some time to get over the excruciating pain. It took about two weeks until I was able to stop taking the pain meds, and switch to just ibuprofen. Then a few days later, I was able to stop taking everything and life was good again....

Pain has only been getting worse... It was so intense last night, that I couldn't sleep, I couldn't sit still, I was completely restless and just in tears. I couldn't wait until 8am so I could call the dentist. My dentist is amazing, she's really nice and very sympathetic and just really good at wha...

Thanks everyone. I did go to the dentist today, the pain just intensified throughout the day, couldn't even handle work. Dentist said I have an infection in each socket on the bottom. It hurts so bad! I had dry socket with my wisdom teeth extractions, and I believe this infection is far worse! At le...

The dentist said it would just be a little discomfort and such, BS! I'm in so much pain! My two bottom extraction sites are in excruciating pain. My body is shaking with how much pain I'm in. Is this normal??? The pain killers aren't doing anything for me any more! I'm so not looking forward to goin...

It's great to hear you so enthusiastic about your braces, congratulations! I totally agree that having a beautiful smile is a really good investment. Good luck on your journey!

Oh.. was also going to say that the Dentist accidentally popped one of my brackets off. Not a big deal, but there is rough glue on the tooth now. Is there anything that I can do, since my ortho appt. isn't for another 2 1/2 weeks?

Just got my 2nd premolars removed this morning. I was pretty nervous about going in, since I knew I was going to be awake for this one unlike my wisdom teeth extraction. But it actually wasn't bad at all. Though, I ended up getting 15 shots, and the one on the top left, after 4 shots I could still f...

Thanks for the welcome and compliment... not creepy, I get what you mean, =)

Hi there, nice to meet you! I just got my braces on Feb 22nd, but they didn't put the wires in, but March 25th is when it becomes official, due to having to get my bicuspids removed tomorrow. Looks like your teeth are a lot like mine, in the sense they're not that "bad" but they aren't nic...

First off, my name is Jen. I'm 20 now, 21 in a month! I had braces when I was younger.. I'm not sure how old I was.. I'd say probably 10? I only had 6 brackets on, but I had to wear headgear at night, and I had a metal spacer thing on the roof of my mouth. I had braces for nearly 4 years, and they r...

Well, first off my name is Jen and I'm 20, soon to be 21! This is my second time in braces. When I was younger I just had 6 brackets on the top, as I had a pretty big gap and everything. Years later, my teeth are now crowded. I just got my braces put on Monday February 22. I decided with the sapphir...