Metal Mouth Message Board

Thank you for the replies , I appreciate it. You are right I am worried , because if later they start moving I do not want to get braces again. I want to enjoy my life do not want to wear those braces all my life hate them already.

did you experience this before? My ortho told me I do not swallow correct way meaning when I swallow, my tongue is touching my front teeth thus pushing them out so she told me to practice to swallow with my tongue touching the roof of my mouth (I do not know how to say it really)I have to do it 100 ...

I have only one year left for my ortho treatment, and my ortho is trying to correct my jaw plus my crooked teeth , she did some correction in the jaw by putting elastics, then she puts elastics in different position to correct something else and my jaw is shifted back again, meaning it looks a littl...

Your replies surely helped me a lot. I must say my gum is still swollen and reading your comments I agree could be some reaction from bracket to that particular area, or even a popcorn, I ate them too, but now I do not and I will try to brush my teeth more gently , just when I brush gently seems to ...

I have only one year left for my ortho treatment, and my ortho is trying to correct my jaw plus my crooked teeth , she did some correction in the jaw by putting elastics, then she puts elastics in different position to correct something else and my jaw is shifted back again, meaning it looks a littl...

Thank you guys, you are awesome

Thank you so much for the reply , It was definitely useful. I am relieved .

I am working at an elementary school, and currently I have an orthodontic treatment. For couple of months I had to wear elastics to correct my jaw, That elastic rubber band goes diagonally in my mouth so that it is even not conformable to speak properly as it crosses right in front of my tongue. I t...

Correct me if I am wrong, but as far as I know rubber bands are the things that are tied up on the metals elastics are the ones that are used to correct overbite or a jaw misalignment . This is what I was told and read.
But I guess we could also call those elastics rubber bands.

I already paid for my 30 month after that if the treatment needs to be continued for any reason I have to continue paying 100 bucks a month so That is why I am worried about extending my treatment it is already expensive for me I am paying 4500 all metal braces for 30months not counting x-ray charge...

Can you please recommend me good caring dentist in Glendale , Burbank or North Hollywood in California?

It's been about a moth that my gum is swollen , I took the elastics off because of it , I thought it is allergy. but my ortho said that allergies are major issue mine is a little swollen needs to rest. So it is still there, hasn't got worse but neither got better so I went to my dentist for a check ...

With the hectic life schedule I have in my daily life, it is crazy the way I manage to keep my teeth in a an almost perfect hygiene, but somehow I do.Most of the time I brush my teeth after each meal, because eI have braces and in general, that's the way it should be. but sometimes I really cannot b...

Thank you for your post , it was actually helpful to know that you also had the same thing and I feel like I am not alone, meaning I should trust my ortho , but my question to you is this: when you took the elastics off didn't it go back wherever it was??? even slightly??? please reply I need to kno...

well, what I thought she would correct my jaw with elastics then when I put the retainers it will stabilize them then it won't shift back, in this case it will of course go back where it was because I am still under the treating process and nothing is stable right now , isn't it normal??? why, did y...