Metal Mouth Message Board

I'm considering getting braces for the second time myself. I had them between the ages of 12 and 15 and had several surgeries as well as an expander before I ever had braces put on. I'm 54 and I didn't do right by my braces the first time around. I didn't do what the orthodontist told me to do amd w...

[quote="hadbracesonce"] I hate foods that broke my wires.....you name it, I did it. [/quote]

Oops, that should have read "I ATE foods that broke my wires....".Too new to edit my posts! <Sigh>

I'm new here, and I had braces as a teenager, along with a host of other extensive orthodontic work. I had an expander followed by YEARS of braces plus four teeth removed to make room for ones that had nowhere to go because I had no room. Well, the problem here is that I was a rebellious teenager wh...