Metal Mouth Message Board

Well guys I have had mine in just over 3 weeks and suffered overcrowding of the front top 6 teeth and I can honestly say they have moved about 30% already, I was classed as a moderate case.

Over the moon!

Just wondering if anyone else is having trouble with the front bow? My two front teeth are angled backwards so there is little to hold the bow onto my teeth therefore it is resting on my gums and causung irritation. I keep tugging it down for comfort but i'm not sure i should really be doing that! ...

Yea in about 15 weeks we will all stop sounding line Sid the sloth (from iceage) tributes, and resume normal speech

Hi Rach, if it's like mine, get your fingernail on the inside of your teeth and push the inside spring back away from pushing on the front teeth, then drop one side of the brace down with the other hand. then gently let the inner springbar slide between your teeth and pull the bow that goes across t...

Luxy, not sure I know what you mean, if one is rooted higher then I'm not sure you even can pull it down. If it sits a lot further forward it can appear shorter until it's put back in line with those next to it. Or.......your gum line can be trimed to expose more tooth/tooth lengthened to match thos...

Well glad your all enjoying your braces and that you all sound like me lol ! We should start a band "sid's Ice Ace rock arena" The wax also works well if you press it down the center of the brace where the screw is to tighten it, rolling it into a thin tube the size of a match stick and ru...

I popped into boots today and bought some soft brace/denture wax (clear) as I found I was sluring a bit and always getting saliva up in the brace in the roof of my mouth. My brace has the arch widener built into it that I expand every 3 days, as the gap is growing in the brace I find my tongue keeps...

Got mine fitted last week..... It's great how I feel I'm gonna drown in my own spit as I scream for help while sounding like the sloth from Iceage!! Am loving the pain, it's like being forced to keep icecream on the front six top teeth while a neolithic blacksmith winds it open with a special crank,...