Metal Mouth Message Board

I am finally out of braces! YAY! So I initially got my Essix retainer and 2 weeks later promptly threw it away at work. OMG! I took the trash home even to look through it 3 times and couldn't find it. I've come to the conclusion that the ONE time I probably used the other trash can was that day. I d...

I am almost there! I have a de-bracing date for my bottom braces! March 24th at 8:20am these babies are coming off nearly 1 year to the DAY that I had them put on(March 25th)! I had my mold done for my bottom arch last week! Whoo hooo! I think I'll have the tops on for a few more months still.

Congratulations! Your teeth are ridiculously PERFECT! How exciting!

I for one am sick to DEATH of thinking about, talking about, worrying about, ____ insert whatever, my TEETH! I just had an appt today and got a rotation wedge and a spacer for a new band. I WANT TO BE DONE! This originally started out as more of a cosmetic plan and now that the TEETH are all falling...

DANG!!! My mouth hurts just looking at that torture device you had! Good grief! That's incredible how it widened your arch...amazing. That is a crazy amount of wire you have in there! Why exactly do you have two sets of wires? Oh and why aren't they bracketing the baby tooth? I have a baby tooth as ...

Isn't the weight loss insane? When I got my rubber spacers in I lost SIX POUNDS in one week! SIX! That's not even normal, lol. To date I have lost 14 lbs and have managed to keep it off simply because it's too miserable to eat most things. Ugh!

Your teeth have come along beautifully! They really have moved quickly and they are so pretty. Congrats on the de-bracing date too! I am having relatively minor corrections done for minor crowding and my original estimate was 4-6 months, then I decided to add in the tops at the 3 month mark and THEN...

I'm sorry you are feeling disappointed in today's appt. You're teeth are gorgeous though! I get those same feelings of wondering what my ortho is doing b/c sometimes it seems she's messing everything up but it always seems to fall into place the way it's supposed to.

Vanessa

Larry, I wanted to commend you for going for it! I know you'll be so happy you did. I can sympathize with you on the bite turbos. I have them behind my two front upper teeth and on my back molars on bottom due to a deep bite. They have pretty much been miserable but I've learned to chew very, very s...

Thank you Mike. :) WOW! I am nearly at the 7 month mark! I'm over my estimated treatment time but I expected that and it's partly my own fault. I had an appt yesterday and when my ortho came in she asked if I was ready to be free. I said yes BUT I was a little concerned with two of my teeth. So she ...

I would agree you have a very pretty smile to begin with. And YES I too can see movement in your "vampire tooth"! YAY!!! I take lots of pictures of my teeth too, one might call me obsessed but I would just say they don't understand how all consuming this becomes. haha I take them every 4 w...

Wow, what an amazing story! It makes me feel a little vain for my reasons of having braces. But I know we are all different. I can't believe how fast your expander worked! The results are incredible! I'm so sorry you keep running into other issues though. I would agree with getting a second opinion ...

Well I'm nearly 6 months into my treatment now and all I can say is, WOW! Holy cow, I can't believe how amazing this process is! I have had my lowers on for about 24 weeks and I added the uppers about 12 weeks ago. I am going to try and post pics again if I remember how. :D I just went today for an ...

Thank you all for the encouragement! I'm so amazed by this process. It's amazing to me that they can move your teeth around like this. And that just by proper placement of the brackets makes them go into perfect position. Crazy! Okay I know that nobody else probably noticed but when I was descibing ...

Ugh, I HATE powerchains! I just had my 2nd archwire change yesterday and she took the chains off the 5 teeth they were attached to and said she doesn't want them back on right now. YAY! I go back in 3 weeks and I have a feeling I'm going to see them again. But yes, they hurt like crazy!