Metal Mouth Message Board

This is long. I got braces when I was four. What in God's name my parents were thinking putting a four year old in braces on the advice of a former Bama football player will always be beyond me. I had an underbite and who knows what else, I'm not even sure if I had any teeth. I assume it was my moth...

I had my jaw wired shut for about a month, and it's really no easy feat. I used straws like my life depended on it and as far as I'm concerned it did. You can't fit the straw through your teeth like you used to but you can put it up against your cheek. I'm not an ortho or a surgeon or anything like ...

I got surgery roughly six months ago and I suffered with a lot of that. I wondered if it would ever go away and it really does get better. I still have some pain in my jaw (popping zits, never gonna happen OUCH) but talking and smiling get a lot easier!

The idea that surgery would "help" your "personality" is ludicrous. My "condition" formed who I am today and I am terribly pleased with how I turned out. If anything, my surgery has made me more unhappy and a great deal LESS bearable to live with. Keep in mind that my e...