Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi shortie, glad to hear the discomfort has gone -knew it would. Its definitely worth it, are u seeing results already?? x

Hi there, my case wasn't classed as severe by the ortho however i had a 'crossbite' along with overcrowding! Basically needed polishing in between teeth (found this the most uncomfortable part!). He did estimate approx 4 - 5 months for the full treatment however last visit, which was just over 2 mon...

HI shortie, I also am undergoing the '6 month' smile treatment! So far so good, just over 2 months in and I am pretty much done would you believe! The dentist is just making some minor adjustments on a weekly basis now. To begin with it was very painful and uncomfortable, i nearly went back to ask h...

Hi, wondering if anyone else has experienced this. Had bracces fitted about 2 mths ago. My teeth are straightening out pretty quickly (to begin with overlapped/overcrowded) but they are not aligned straight at the bottom yet. The canine teeth have come down too far and look pointy. Do you think the ...

Hi again, just thought i'd see if this happened to anyone else. My elastic on one of my front teeth came off and had to make an emergency trip to the dentist. He had to replace the whole bracket which was very uncomfortable, now the whole thing feels really tight again. Also one side the teeth seem ...

Thanks, hope that is the case. I'm only 5 weeks into treatment (6 month smile) they were starting to look great then the front teeth started looking awful. Was going to go in there tomorrow to query it but don't want to seem neurotic so will probably wait until next visit then mention it. Im trustin...

Hi, new to the forum. Basically my braces are making my 2 front teeth wonky when they were the only 2 perfectly straight before. I've worked out that the bracket on one is slightly higher than the other, which is probably the cause. My dentist says they should even out but I don't think he's looked ...