Metal Mouth Message Board

I don't know why he can't put the wire back on. He did say that this probably would have happened anyway once I got a retainer and they settled (though he didn't expect it before he cut the wire?). Maybe it's not worth it? He wants to do the IPR so he can pull the bottom teeth closer together and an...

Hi everyone, I haven't been around in a while but I posted here a couple years ago. I had some molars extracted to fix major crowding etc. A few weeks ago I was told I was going to get my braces off, finally, after nearly 3 years. The front teeth were all aligned and fit together well. Yay, right? A...

If you've only had braces for a day they wouldn't be affecting your facial structure yet. When I first got braces on my lips got really pouty... I was vain and I enjoyed that lol. At this point, initial swelling is what it is.

Snowglobe32, yeah there is (relatively) nothing wrong with the "now" picture. That's the point, after 2 months without elastics I've finally gotten some more contact and I don't want to put them back in and go back to the open bite I had in August. In all my time with braces leaving the el...

Hi everyone. I've had braces for 1 year. I had a topic in "Our Braces Stories" but I haven't updated it in months because my "progress" has been not so good. I was wearing elastics for a couple months before stopping them for a while and now my orthodontist says to put them back ...

Hey Teacher, thanks for the encouragement. Yeah I'm hanging in there. Had another adjustment yesterday. No pics cos nothing's changed except I've got a new square wire on the bottom and I've gone back to black ligs. Complained to the ortho again... I hate myself for being such a great big ugly pain ...

Hi Hunterlaar, sorry this reply is a bit late but to you and anyone else who might wonder I opted for metal purely cos of how they look. I was offered ceramic but figured they wouldn't exactly be invisible anyway so why not be bold. I want people to see that I have braces and make it obvious that I'...

Hi everyone! I haven't been around in a while cos things haven't been going real good for me. The pain in my jaw gets worse with every adjustment. For the last few months I've been seeing a TMD specialist who barely examines me and blames my pain and chewing problems on stress, disordered sleep beca...

Hey Ebony I've just caught up with your story. Can't help but laugh at you risking your new braces to eat a caramel lol. You do have to change the way you eat. Not just what you eat but when. I like to eat small meals through the day but I don't want to brush my teeth every time so I just swish wate...

Hey, sorry I haven't updated or replied. I've been trying to just forget about my teeth. Bloody hard given the time I spend taking care of them them though... so I've come back here to vent lol. I've been having a problem with grinding my teeth. It wakes me up at night and kinda I'm scared I'm going...

Wow I can't believe you've already gotten brackets on! Congratulations!!! I think your story is really inspiring even though I've already got my braces on. I wish I'd been as brave as you years ago. Was the tooth that came out on the bottom? I hope you're doing ok. Don't worry about the archwire, if...

Hey mudshell, thanks for the reply, I wondered if anyone was reading... Here's what that new spring has done over the last week: http://img403.imageshack.us/img403/1946/springfor1week.jpg More than the first one did in two months! The tenderness in my teeth is going away much faster than it did when...

Hey Ebony, it's good to see that you're still doing as much as you feel comfortable with. As everyone else has said, your ortho is fantastic! He's the perfect guy to work with you on this. Everything is lining up for you and... when something's ready for you to do something, it don't seem to matter ...

Might as well keep writing stuff here cos if I talked about my teeth this much to my friends they'd probably get sick of me real quick... Today I've had my braces on for exactly 9 weeks. I had my first adjustment two days ago. My ortho wasn't thrilled with the amount of space gained so I got a stron...

Hi all. I got braces a while ago and posted an intro here: http://www.archwired.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=40794 but haven't really started a "my story" topic so here goes. I'm an Aussie girl, 26, and I am sick of my messed up teeth. Off center midline, crowded out canine, crooked ...