Metal Mouth Message Board

Feeling pretty dumb right now lol. I was out for dinner with my boyfriend and I bit into some toasted pita bread--pita bread, of all things!!--and felt a small click on final molar on the upper right side, but thought my wire or o-ring had just snapped, and was already swallowing my bite so continue...

thanks ashesgap! it is getting a bit better, i guess my tongue has built up a callous or something because it doesn't hurt quite so much anymore, although it does occasionally get caught on a sharp edge and get ripped! owwww! i figure since this is only day 5 things will just get better.....right?

I got my linguals on Friday, both upper and lower sets at once, and aside from a bit of teeth and jaw soreness, my big big problem is the tongue! It is in agony! I do salt water rinses and those feel good for a while, but then I have to use my tongue again and it gets all destroyed. My question is, ...

Starting my third day with the linguals! Getting them on was fine, but holyyyyy have these 2 days been agony! I got my tops and bottoms on, and full wire, and they are killing my tongue :( The tooth soreness I can manage with tylenol, but I am having a lot of trouble with the tongue. I don't want to...

That's great that it's going better than you were expecting! I think the pain will tolerable for me if it's a lot of headache type pain because I get really severe migraines and am usually able to power through them! I'll set up a profile with my treatment plan one of these days lol but basically my...

Hi diegorgeous! Congrats on getting started! I'm getting my linguals tomorrow, so we're starting this process almost at the same time :D I am really nervous for mine, mainly about speech. You've now been on them for a little bit, how's your speech doing? Congrats again, you sound so positive about t...

Thanks hottpants! I will definitely keep all of that in mind, so helpful, because your situation sounds pretty similar to mine. I've started keeping a list of all the helpful tips I'm getting from this forum!

TDiamond your teeth are looking fantastic!!
Did you find you had/have speech problems with the linguals? I'm considering getting them and that's my main concern!

hey jessicamay! thanks for the response, that's very helpful and good news. now i just need to find an ortho in my area who does lingual braces and go in for a consultation! i do have one tooth, my upper right lateral/lateral incisor which is rotated outward and which is the most noticeable imperfec...

will lingual braces work for me? i have a very pronounced overbite, in which my top teeth completely cover my bottom ones, and the back of the top teeth and front of the bottom teeth touch each other when my mouth is relaxed and closed. will there be space for the upper lingual braces? thanks!!! rep...