Metal Mouth Message Board

AHHH, thanks for that - hopefully I'll get the go-ahead soon from her!!

Hi, I am due to have (yet another - but that's another story!!!) MRI scan on both knees - but I've had to get authorisation from my ordodondist (which I haven't got yet!!). Has anyone out htere expereince of this???

Hi - I'm 53 & have had my upper linguals on for 5 weeks now - I can't chew as I just feel my teeth sort of bouncing on the wires!! Also it seems to take me AGES to eat anything (the up side is I've lost a bit of weight!!). Fortunately, no extractions - just some "slenderising" to be do...

Oh I keep doing this too - I've got linguals on the top & my tongue is getting a bit sore because I keep trying to help the process along - and just how many times do I look in the mirror to see if anything's changed !!!! :D Oh, off the topic - how do you get those fancy sort of time lines?? All...

Hi,
4lbs lost in 5 weeks - not bad going - but I'm missing eating nuts & crusty French bread & celery & kettle crisps & wine gums & biting into a pastie & .... ooohh so much -
But hey-ho - there's still wine & chocolate - so all's not lost!!!!

Hi, I've got an Incognito brace. Fortunately I didn't have to have any extractions - but I've got to have some "tooth slenderising" - which sounded horrid - but according to some on this forum isn't too bad...!!! So we'll see... Good luck for 11 days time!!! I'm sure you won't regret it!! :D

Hi, I had upper linguals put on five weeks ago - at first I was lisping & drooling & my tongue was very sore - but this only lasted a couple of weeks (I just told people I'd had some root treatment & my mouth was sore - & no-one commented!!). I've now got a VERY slight lisp - but I t...

Hi there, I'm 53 & have had my brace in for a whole 6days now!! I will be doing some KS2 tutoring shortly & hope that my speech will be lots better by then - but if they haven't hear me before... well, we'll see!! Eating at home is fine (soft food & desperately trying to keep my mouth sh...

Hi, I had my lingual brace fitted last Monday - upper only. First time (in well over 40 years!!) I've every been excited about going to the dentist. I've been reading LOTS about talking difficulties - I am lisping lots & hoping this will soon go away!!! But eating - well, getting a bit tired alr...