Metal Mouth Message Board

I've just returned from the dentist. Seems like all the filing that needs doing has been done... at least for now. The dentists has added little blobs of composite to the inner springs to increase the tension, is this common practice? The tenderness of my teeth has definitely eased off - I'm a belie...

Well... I've had mine for 3 hours now. First impressions. I can't speak very well but having read this thread I expected that. I'm also slobbering like a boxer dog and am having to constantly 'suck' the saliva from my brace. When the wife returns from work, this noise is going to drive her bandy! I ...