Metal Mouth Message Board

Before my surgery, after searching high and low, i found out that you can find the same exact bottles on just regular online retailers like amazon, labeled as "wash bottles". Turns out these are used in labs to clean glassware (source Wikipedia). They're super cheap too. I got some (labele...

Hi there! It's been a while since I posted. I'm a little over 3 weeks post-op now, but man, it feels like it's been longer than that. Things have been going well here. It's fun waking up every day and not knowing what I'm going to look like in the mirror, since my swelling seems to go up and down so...

I had lower and upper jaw surgery to correct an open bite, maxillary constriction and retrognathia. I was banded shut through my hospital stay (only overnight) but they sent me home without any bands. At my 5-day follow up they gave me elastics to wear on either side. I'm pretty comfortable but with...

Hi ladies! I just signed up for this board, and I wanted to join in on the conversation as I got double jaw surgery done on January 28 (by Dr. Bloomquist as well, what are the odds!). Looks like you guys are making great progress. At 11 days post-op, my swelling is mostly down -- I think I'm still p...