Metal Mouth Message Board

Oh man, my adhesive got soooo yellow. I basically spent the last year of braces with dingy looking teeth and there wasn't anything really I could do about it. I actually thought my teeth were what had turned yellow, but when I got my braces off and the glue scraped off, I was surprised to see my tee...

It is hard at first, but it really does get better over time. I thought for sure there is no way that I could ever speak clearly with my hawley retainer in, but I am able to do it pretty well now. There's just a few sounds now that I can't make clearly, but I am still understood. Just practice! Sing...

How did you lose your retainers? Well, I left it on the kitchen counter while I was eating dinner then after dinner I went to take a shower. After my shower, I went to grab my retainer and it was gone! I assumed my husband accidentally threw it away because he took out the garbage while I was in th...

You're far better off to deal with your ortho vs going somewhere else now. My suggestion would be to call your ortho's office and leave a message for them to call you back. Speak directly with your ortho, explain what happened and your concern. If it's detrimental to your overall outcome, your orth...

I’ve had my braces off for 3 stinking weeks and I lost my retainer! I won’t be able to see my orthodontist until next Thursday as that is the soonest they said they can get me in. It’ll take a few days after that to get my retainer, which means I will go 1-2 weeks without a retainer! I am FREAKING o...

Haha... no one said anything to me when I got my braces off two weeks ago except those that I forced to say something by grinning super big and saying "I got my braces off! Don't my teeth look awesome!??" lol! Hardly anyone ever asked me about my braces so I didn't expect to hear a lot abo...

I also used earplug silicone. It was cheap, easily accessible, and I liked the way it stuck better than wax. I also liked that it's almost totally clear so it was less noticeable especially on front teeth.

I've been wearing my hawley retainer for a week now and the way the acrylic part presses against the roof my mouth digs in and creates impressions of the shape into the roof of my mouth and hurts. Is this normal? Also, I noticed that the wire going across my front teeth is very low and I'm not sure ...

Yay!! I'm so glad you made it without gagging. Isn't having braces off so awesome? I was just debraced last week and I am still in awe of how easy it is to brush, floss, eat, smile, everything! Congratulations on making it through the wilderness of orthodontics

I had 2 brackets repositioned towards the end of my treatment to bring my top front teeth to the same level. Perhaps my teeth are extra sensitive, but bracket removal was painful for me during the repositioning as well as during de-bracing.

Thank you so much! I never thought I would hear the words "beautiful smile" said to me in my entire life! Having straight teeth takes some getting used to, lol!

I was surprised that it only took 4 months for my front teeth to un-overlap! Everything moved so quickly the first 6 months and after that, it was only small changes until the end!

Oh you poor thing, I am so sorry for your loss. I bet your mouth is sore right now too, so I'm sorry for that as well! I had bone grafting, ridge augmentation, implant surgery, and gum grafting done a couple of months ago and my goodness that hurt. The incisions in my gums and the stitches afterward...

I had IPR done about 4-5 months before I had my braces removed. At that point, my teeth were no longer overlapping. I have pretty bad black triangles but IPR helped.

Whoever said it's quick and painless is a damn liar, though! Maybe it's because I'm super sensitive, but getting the ceramic braces off my top front four teeth hurt like heck. Agreed. I didn't know when the assistant took off the brackets from my bottom teeth, but the upper teeth really hurt. I jum...