Metal Mouth Message Board

I think I am gonna have to go with metal. I will be going abroad for 4-5 months and if I get the ceramic I feel like they will be super yellow. I wont be able to change anything for 4-5 months.

I guess I cant edit the last post. I want to add that currently my top teeth are really crooked. So braces alone would help straighten my teeth out.

Yeah I feel like I might be the same. Hard decision to make. I have another question that you guys can help me choose. So Ive been to a few Orthos over the last couple years and each one of them have said that I need to get jaw surgery to have perfect teeth. I am a college student and just cant affo...

yj207 wrote:I would go with metal and save $800 bucks. Its only for 2 years right?

Less than that. 12-18 months.

Yeah I tried that you just gotta skim through the posts but it works.

Do you think Ceramic wont make much of a difference if my top teeth are apart from each other (quite a few gaps)?

All the pictures I see with ceramics are from people who have their teeth touching at least and aligned.

I love my teeth wrote:if you search this forum-there are many threads already exhausing this issue--no need to really rehash here!! search metal vs. ceramic!! good luck!

I actually tried to do that but the search feature on this forum isnt that great. I cant seem to be able to search by titles only.

Has anyone had a tooth that was inside(not visible) removed? My ortho said that if I had that tooth removed my braces results would be a lot better. My question is does anyone have a ball park range of how much that might cost me? He said I would have to visit an ortho surgeon to get it removed. I c...

I am about to get braces and I have to decide on ceramic vs metal. The cost difference will be $800 For those of you who have had ceramic Id love to hear if you liked it or not. Ive heard of the staining issues so I am a little worried about that. I only drink Water and milk though. For those that h...