Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi there With a small brush-head it is possible to approach at an angle so you focus on the gum line and then above/below the brace (depending on whether top or bottom) rather than holding the electric toothbrush square onto your brackets and wire. It's hard to explain but from the sounds of it ther...

I'm glad to hear it is all going well for you. If your husband hasn't already had to ask you to repeat yourself loads of times I would guess your speech is coming along nicely! I know what you mean about eating - I don't think I could manage anything too chewy but I'm certainly able to eat more food...

How are you today? I think it is great you were able to chat for an hour without your friend noticing! You will be much more aware of any differences than anyone else so don't be discouraged just because of how you sound to yourself. Cleaning the brace gets much quicker with practice. I bet you'll b...

Exactly! A year or so from now we won't care how we got there, we'll just be enjoying our lovely smiles. You're bound to be nervous but I bet this time tomorrow you'll be fine. Best of luck with yours and let us know how you get on.

IT'S OFF!! My overwhelming feeling is of massive relief - the tension has quite literally lifted from my shoulders. I am sad that my lingual didn't work out and of course a little frustrated that I will now never know now long it would have taken for my speech to settle down. But wow it feels fantas...

Hi Becs! I'm great (but still incoherent :) ) I had a big meeting today which I had been anxious about but ended up fine. The other side were people I've been dealing with for a while and have a good rapport with. I told them why my speech was so bad and asked them to let me know if they couldn't un...

Hi there! I just wanted to wish you all the best for your brace fitting. I'm sure they'll be people with more experience to give you some advice but here's my tuppence worth.... In terms of comfort and soreness it was much better than I expected. Towards the end of the first week I had a horrible so...

That was thoughtful of you - thank you

Yay - well done you! It's a great feeling when you're finished. Enjoy your well deserved shopping day. I am dehydrated today - not sure why - and guess that's my problem. And yes, thinking about it, I did have to talk more than usual from first thing today. Hopefully all this exercise will result in...

Ok I've obviously been very bad in a past life cos my speech is WORSE today! Surely this can't be right? My tongue has gone on strike and is only making the bare minimum effort to move. How uncooperative.....

How are you doing Becs - have you come up for air from studying yet?

LOL - now I know who I remind myself of when speaking. I've just seen an ad or trailer on TV with Lou and Andy - my speech is like Lou's!

I know only too well that feeling of looking for, but not finding, any improvement each day. When are you due back in work? How's the study going? Out of interest is your upper arch on the small side? Mine is and that seems to be the root cause of my tongue's inability to function. Think dolphin try...

LOL me too! I was already miserable as sin and BGT not being on the was the final straw. Still, now we can look forward to it tonight instead! I've got my optimistic head back on today and have been experimenting with waxing my brace to see if that helps. I've heard mixed reports - some people say i...

Thanks LB - I'll definitely try to slow down. I have found my speech is much worse when I talk quickly (usually when I'm trying to emphasise a point).

I'll let you know how it goes.

Best wishes

Hi Becs! Great to hear from you. I bet you'll be delighted to get the dissertation done and dusted! I think you've done really well dealing with your braces at the same time as that. I am pretty down in the dumps as my speech is really not improving (honestly, it's not just my assessment). I've reco...