Metal Mouth Message Board

i use Photobooth on my Mac..position myself so that my teeth and no other identifiers are visible then take the pic.. no issues

i must be a sicko.. i got a powerchain on the bottom yesterday as well as the top PLUS 3/15 elastics and i like it.. cos i know soon these things will be out of my mouth.. but i also decided to stop with teh boring grey/silver.. and get colored ones... so right now i have a turquoise/teal powerchain...

well yesterday i went for an adjustment and i was given powerchains on both the top and the bottom.. PLUS 3/16 elastics (gosh those are tiny) i just put them on after brushing my teeth and i feel like i can't open my mouth too much LOL.. well i have 3 more appts where i pay and then i dont have to p...

well yesterday i went for an adjustment and now i have a powerchain extending across all my top teeth (will post pics when i get home), and elastics.. i woke up this morning with my face hurting.. popped two alleve and i'm fine now but i guess now is teh time to go on a diet since with these elastic...

thank peeps.. i can't wait to see it myself.. this powerchain hurts like hell.. and i realize everytime i have an adjustment i somehow gravitate to eating a hot dog the day after and that hurts like crazy lol.. i cannot wait to be done with this..

well update... my top is straightening out nice as well as my bottom.. yesterday had a powerchain put on my front top four lol.. going to show now.. prety amazing.. will be at 2 years in july.. alleluia! lol.. i am ready to get these damn braces off lol

nothing much has changed from the last post.. teeth are straightening well.. had an appt on Thurs 5th jan... ortho says next time i come back in feb, we will start to pull that wayward tooth forward.. i'm excited but also dreading it.. as lord, that might be pain.. but my visits are very quick, in a...

hmm.. my ortho is amazed at the progress.. i have an appointment today but here's a progress chart of me from then to now.. my teeth have straightened out on the bottom pretty quickly

note to self.. do not try to eat hot dogs on the day you tighten ur braces.. omg.. pain

and here's the closed mouth..

okay well i'm back.. it's been aprox 2 months since i've had my braces.. and not bad if i say so myself.. i like the fact that tightening takes 10 mins or less.. lol.. no problems no issues.. My teeth have started to space, which bugs me out a little bit since i dont really like that.. but oh well.....

yes sibilla.. this lisp thing is driving me crazzzzzzy.. that is the part i cant stand lol.

well yesterday was my first tightening.. and haha let me say.. i am feeling the pain now.. and a bit of it.. well a bit of back story.. that was my second ortho visit.. i had wires on the bottom, brackets without wires on the top put in on the 18th July.. on the 1st august i had teeth number 5 and 1...

well.. today i went and had tooth number 5 extracted to make room for tooth number 3, the crowded tooth to be pulled forward and straightened up.. then there was a root tip at 13 to be extracted so the oral surgeon took care of that as well.. i have been biting this gauze for the past couple hours.....

omg.. can anybody tell me why i feel like i want to rip my braces off??? my top lip touching the braces is irritating me to the highest level.. i feel like i either want my mouth closed where i cannot feel the teeth touching the inside of my lip :| .. or that i want to have my face contorted in a bi...