Metal Mouth Message Board

Hey there! Congrats! Your teeth look amazing!! Your teeth stucture (before) is so similar to what mine was. But your results are super awesome and they are so lovely and white! I have some bad staining (then again at 35 yrs old i didnt really ease up on the coffee throughout the years), but am going...

Hello everyone Its official! I am debraced!! I had my appointment on 25 September at 10am and was out of there at 11:45am... yes it took THAT long! OMW, somehow as a kid when i had braces for the first time, I dont remember the removal taking that long, or being nearly as ....sore?! :x So they clip ...

Hello All, I finally got the news I have been waiting for from my orthondontist for weeks now.... in my last two appointments he has been telling me that its nearly time for my braces to come off...... and with the last appointment he confirmed that its looking as best as it can be and that we are r...

Gosh, you are brave to not ever floss :shock: One of the downsides to not flossing, is that you will require to have a scale & polish done more often due to plague build up, in addition, the build up between teeth hardens and can in fact extend the length of you having to wear your wires, becaus...

Hi there, This is my second round at braces, I am 34 years old, female and work in a large corporate within the Sales environment, so a bulk of my job is seeing people either at the office or visiting clients, especially recruiting new sales business. One would think that braces would get in the way...

Hi there, I've only tried eating with wax once, and then remembered that i just didnt like the idea of wax mixing with my food :FeelSick: So I've stopped doing that ages ago. But I will admit that the wax is a blessing when it comes to those very painful brackets, and also when a wire protrudes at t...

Hello Desmond Welcome to the world of braces i should say!! How did the appointment go and how do you feel now that you have them on? I have had my braces on for just over a year now and enjoying it... despite the occassional twinge and discomfort. Well good luck and I look forward to reading your p...

So this week Tuesday I had my check up with the Orthodontist, during which time he filed my teeth with a little grey/silver file manually (he had previous used some device to file it, like a mini angle grinder!!) moving it in between my front teeth on the upper set, and also reshaping them again. Fe...

hello anngie So glad to hear you are finally on your way! Well done!! I know how weird and uncomfortable it can be for the first year days, but just try and eat soft foods, not too hot or cold and dont try and bite or chew anything hard, its actually impossible for the first few days to do this anyw...

some people notice them and others just dont - it does proof just how little attention we actually give each other on a daily basis :) Although when i had my braces fitted a year ago, the word around the company spread so quickly i had staff coming to stare at my mouth :evil: And with others, it too...

:P congrats!! And yes, eating for the first time is very strange - in fact you whole mouth should feel a bit strange for a short while. But just take it day by day, and if any of the brackets annoy you, dont hesitate to use that wax! I put off using the wax and had so many canker sores for the first...

OK, so its amazing what a few deep breaths and a lot of patience can do! Thanks for all of you who posted queries / comments re adding Ticker's to your signature. Having perused many of them, i finally figured it out (!). SOOOOOO happy now that I have a Ticker added!! YAY!!! Now if today could just ...

Still dont know how to do this.... i must be dumb HELP PLEASE!!!

congrats!! The progress looks amazing!

Happy New Year everyone! This year sees me celebrating my first year of Adult braces, 10th February. An entire year! That went buy really quickly I must say, and already the results are amazing! I think I have another 9 months to go and they come off - so excited! I must admit that I am rather tired...