Metal Mouth Message Board

Yeh, I know what you mean, I was so used to hiding my smile pre-braces, and now it's weird smiling without my braces there! I'm still getting used to smiling without thinking about it I'm sure within a few months we'll forget what it was even like to have braces

I got mine off last week too it's great! It took a bit of getting used to, felt like part of my identity was gone haha. I keep getting paranoid they're moving back too, but I just make sure to keep my retainer on at night. Only a few people even noticed when I got them off :? Maybe the others just d...

I got told today that I'm getting my top brace off in October! I've had them on for a year and 2 months but my bottom brace will probably be on for another year. I'm excited but a bit nervous too, because I'm so used to them and I started uni in them, so everybody there only knows me with braces! :D...

I have just noticed that there's a visible gap between my teeth, not the front two but the ones beside it. It wasn't there before and I'm becoming really paranoid about it... there's a small extraction gap that needs to be closed, but I don't want gaps between my other teeth! I'm not seeing my ortho...

My teeth have barely hurt at all and I've had them for around 4 months. There's been a lot of movement though, so I guess I'm lucky!

Don't worry it will go away, when I had my extractions I had bad breath and a horrible taste in my mouth that wouldnt go away no matter how much I brushed. It went away after about a week. Just don't get too close to anyone for a while.

I'm on NHS, I was on the list ever since I was a young girl! Then after a few years I was removed from the list and had to get back on it (at the end) so it took years more. Last February I had a consultation and was told I had to wait at least 12 months before anything happens. By this time I would...

You definitely need to go in as soon as a bracket breaks. Your teeth can shift in a really short period of time and set you back. It happened to me.. my ortho had to change the wire to a weaker one just to get the teeth to realign, so that set me back 6 weeks, and then he finally switched back to t...

My first adjustment is 12 weeks after my braces were fitted and I thought this seemed like a long time too... I haven't had an adjustment yet and don't until September. Although one of the brackets has broken so it seems I might have to go in earlier.

VA5 wrote: I wish I knew the answer... I don't think it'd hurt just to call your ortho in the morning and then find out what he says then.

Yeh... although I just realised it is Sunday tomorrow, gonna have to wait til Monday to call

Hi I am on holiday and I've been a bit careless and one of my brackets has broken off :( It is the lower molar right at the back, and before it is an extraction spot so the wire goes across the gap to the tooth.The bracket on the tooth at the back has completely broken off and fallen out, so the wir...

Not many people have completely symmetrical faces, maybe you are just focusing on it so much recently that you have begun to notice. To me, it looks just normal. My nose similarly leans very slightly to one side, but it has always been that way my whole life so it's not due to braces. Have you compa...

Hi Berry, thanks for the welcome! So you've been in braces for over a month now? How are you getting on with them and have you seen any movement yet? I'm wondering if your gaps from your extractions are still sensitive after this time - I'm feeling a little sensitive and worry that chewing my food ...

I got my lower brace yesterday and have had very little pain or anything. But when I was looking I realised the wire was coming out the end of the brace at the back, its curled round and looks like its stabbing my gum slightly... it doesn't hurt but I'm wondering- did the ortho leave all that wire o...

I've been in braces over 3 weeks and have yet to notice any change. However, I didn't take a picture before I had braces so I've nothing to compare to... maybe they have moved slightly but I don't realise.