Metal Mouth Message Board

I'm 38 years old and have had braces for three weeks. Even though I had little idea how intense the treatment was going to be, I've been wanting this my entire life. Whenever I saw a photo of myself, I immediately looked to see how bad my smile appeared. As kids, our parents couldn't pay for braces,...

I wasn't warned not to use whitening products. I have ceramic up and metal down. I should have had my teeth whitened before braces were applied, but since I didn't, I've been using Crest 3D toothpaste. Hope I'm not harming anything. I prefer to play dumb until my ortho tells me otherwise.