Metal Mouth Message Board

To be honest, others on here use products containing cetylpyridinium chloride and have had no issue...it's only the Crest Pro Health that seems to be doing it. But since Crest says that the staining product is cetylpyridinium chloride, I'd say stay away from it just in case. I use listerine but man...

I also use the waterpik with the orthodonitc head, though you need to replace them every 2-3 monts because the tip will start to fray. do you also use one of the portable waterpiks for travel or work, I use a SPAMTRONIC SPAMSONIC SPAMONAIDE SPAMSTER SPAM SPAMINATOR one that runs on 2 AA batteries an...

thanks again lilone, I am reading the link you posted and am appalled how this product is still on the market after the several years of people expericing the staining! do you know of other anti-cavity mouth washes that are cetylpyridinium chloride and alcohol free? sorry for all the questions but h...

i think that xylitol is a natural sweetener in gum is that correct, i would say maybe quite the mustard is your enemy as it is very acidic that may be causing the enamal to thin thats just my uneducated guess (im not a dentist) you see in mustard there is tomato sauce or ketchup, vinegar, mustard p...

thank you huggypillow! no, I don't drink, smoke or take contraceptives, nor do i eat spicy food so this is kind of confusing me. for the oral B triumph I always put it on deep cleaning setting so I do get a good clean with each brush, and I use the Crest anti mouthwash. the only things I eat frequen...

hi all, I've had my braces for about half a year now and recently I've noticed on several teeth there are pretty bad amounts of staining on there. where the bracket divides the tooth, the top are still white but below the bracket to the gumline there are dark outlines and yellow staining. I asked my...

it does, thank you catgyrl! I was also looking this up on line and pretty much says the same thing that you mentioned, so it looks like my friend might have been misinformed. also is it true that it's not recommended to get ceramic both top and bottom, that one should side should be metal because te...

Are white colored braces and ceramic ones the same, just names interchanged or are there metal ones that are colored white? I have a friend who said he is getting fitted for what his orthodontist called white braces, but when I asked aren't those the clear ceramic ones he said no, they are white col...

I've been putting rubber bands on my upper back molar to the lower canine for about a week now. I usually can't get the top part properly attached to the hook, so I usually place it on the back part of the bracket instead. Does this make any difference? Thanks.

my lower front teeth have some wide spaces between them due to gum recession and bone loss. before getting braces I had a gum graft done but the spacing is still noticeable. while I have gotten braces to correct my bite to prevent further gum recession, will the bottom braces also be able to success...

[quote="klobird"]Is it a lip bumper???---might want to check that term out on the web...sounds like something I've read about, but I really don't know...[/quote] hi klobird, no it's not a lip bumper it's much thinner than that. it kind of looks like a rubber band/plastic string that is wra...

hi everyone, I'm new here and got my braces about two weeks ago. on the bottom front of my teeth, my orthodontist placed something that is clear that wraps around the brackets and is about as thick as the wire. yestereday after brushing my teeth, I noticed that this clear piece is starting to loosen...