Metal Mouth Message Board

I've been meaning to update this for posterity... well, I went to get the braces off and asked the doctor about the bite opening up when I wasn't wearing the elastics. He said it was a "retention issue" and said it was because of my tongue thrust (I'm skeptical of this b/c I believe I mana...

Hey, So I'm surprised there is only a handful of posts about BriteSmile on here. I remember before I even went to a consultation for braces I was already looking forward to getting BriteSmile after I got them off. In my case I wasn't able to get the perfect-looking teeth that a lot of you guys ended...

Thanks guys, this is all VERY interesting! My open bite is an anterior one...I plan to ask my ortho about this when I go to my debanding appointment. Do you guys think he will want me to keep the braces on longer to give the bite more time to settle? Otherwise it seems like the positioner would defi...

Hey, I'm supposed to get my braces taken off June 5. The main reason for my treatment was an open bite. I've been wearing elastics for the open bite, but until recently I've only been wearing them at night. The thing is, I noticed that in the morning after wearing the rubber bands my bite would look...

Thanks for the moral support, ladies. I just want my teeth to look the best that they can. Since I don't understand the relationship between a possible tongue thrust and the remaining problems with my teeth, I'm not yet convinced that this is it. In fact right now I really feel like I'm being ripped...

Is there not an "Ask The Doc" forum you can post to anymore? My problem is this.. I've worn braces the last 20 months, and at my last appointment my orthodontist said he would take them off in 1-2 weeks (this Tuesday). This was to my surprise, because my teeth look far from perfect. In par...

A related question that has come up in my search for a comfortable mouth guard.. A web site sells a mouthguard saying "these mouth guards are recommended for use with orthodontic braces," but it is a boil-and-bite 80 seconds mouth guard. But of course from my own doctor and everywhere else...

Hi, I'm trying to find out whether or not custom mouthguards (for sports) can be made for patients in braces. I actually asked my orthodontist if he could make one and he told me something about getting a regular mouthguard from the store, so I didn't press him on it. I called a regular dentist's of...

Hey, I have my first broken bracket after over 10 months.. My question is, is it okay to wait until my next appointment 6 days from now or is there some reason this needs to be repaired immediately? It's on my bottom 2nd to last braced tooth. The wire is still in the groove of the ceramic part of th...

There was a post about this earlier, but the thread went silent over a year ago. Does anyone know what custom mouth guards for braces are like? It would seem that the ortho couldn't make it precisely to your teeth because they're moving and all.. I've tried a bunch of regular mouthguards and they al...

Hmmm. Ok, I decided that it couldn't really be all that complicated and managed to finagle with it until I got the wire back into the last bracket which put it in all of them so that it feels tighter now. Is there anything more to this such that I should still drive down to see my ortho before my ne...

Wow. I've had a lot more problems and questions for you guys than I expected :(. I have Damon 3 braces on my bottom teeth. Since I got them a few weeks ago, every now and then while eating, the wire would get bent outwards from the second-to-last bracket. I don't understand why there isn't something...

Thanks everyone. I feel a lot better now .

One other thing..I was just trying to floss and noticed that I could no longer get inbetween 2 of my teeth. What the heck? Finally figured out that it's apparently because some of the glue from the brackets got between there and it's hardened. Umm..anyone else had this experience? I mean, it's REALL...

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Thanks, I understand what you mean. Only thing is though, my bite feels different immediately after getting the braces on, before the teeth have had a chance to move. I think I must be biting down slightly on one of the brackets, I wonder if that's normal...