Metal Mouth Message Board

So I'm almost at a full 2 weeks. Eating is down to a science but speaking is still a chore especially if I want to argue a point...just call me Mrs. Daffy Duck....suffering succotash!!!!

Thanks for sharing.

Good Luck with your braces....I'm sure they will be divine.

I'm not fully braced yet but so far I am using Crest Whitening.

It's not all that....I just have 2 tubes of it and it's what I am left with. Hope others chime in.

I know there are Waterpik users out there. I don't have one yet but I am planning on it. HTH

Call your ortho....they should have you come back in to check it out!!!

I was actually able to eat pizza without cutting it up today!!! The ortho was right when he said it gets better. Just to think four days ago I was heavily salivating and eating through a straw. I notice a little spacing on my left side of my mouth but very little on the right. Hopefully it will prog...

Okay, this is the third day and so far I can eat slightly better. My speech is still not up to par. My tongue still is sore with imprints.

Okay, so I had braces when I was a teenager. However, I did not wear my retainers!!!!! Now the second time around at the age of 38, I had a pendulum installed because I did not have teeth extracted and this device will move my molars back. The pendulum was installed on December 2. The ortho speculat...

I brush for a minimum of three minutes in the morning and night. In between I brush to get rid of debris.

I just went through all 83 pages. Can't wait to get my braces put on so I can sport different colors.

This is the second time with braces. I was 13 the first time and now I'm 38.