Metal Mouth Message Board

I posted 3 weeks ago (http://www.archwired.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=40689) - thank you for responding honestly and candidly. It helped me to go into my appt today feeling confident and armed with "what if" scenarios. Here's a quick recap and a few additional questions for the ex...

Thank you all for your honest & candid feedback! I am usually a rational person, but after the last ortho visit, could not see straight....for some reason I get really emotional over my teeth! If in the next 3 weeks, my teeth still have gaps between uppers & lowers and my bite feels off and ...

Help! What should I do? I am approaching 3 years in braces this December. I am 41 am want to be out of these metal braces but my teeth are not yet aligned. I am not expecting the Hollywood smile since I had very bad teeth to work with - I had 3 pre-molars pulled as a child because we were poor and i...

I get my teeth cleaned at my dentist nearby. My ortho had me schedule 2 appts. for the day of my scheduled cleaning, 30 min. before the cleaning to remove the wires and then return after the cleaning for another 30 minutes to complete the adjustment. Afterwards I've felt like I've spent an entire da...

mine were sore even with no gaps or shorter chains. my ortho also said there were different strength chains or chains with different level of tension.

mine were $5400 for metal with no extractions. it also includes all xrays needed during treatment

my ortho said that's pretty normal. the tissues around the teeth get soft from the movement and will firm up again once the teeth are in place. i've had different loose teeth in the almost 3 years of braces and it's still scary!

Hi Moxie

Just want to wish you luck on your journey and hope you can dodge surgery! I'm nearing the end (finally!) and waited 20 years to do my braces and am so glad I made the choice to get braced!

Can you please share what you find out? I'm in a similar situation. thanks

You're all so brave! I've had light pink which contrasted too much with my olive skin. I noticed many more people staring at my mouth and I became self-conscious, so I moved back to the more conservative clear the next adjustment.