Metal Mouth Message Board

I'm at almost eight weeks and I am wondering if there will ever be a time when I am not aware of my braces 24 hours of every day. I'm not asking about tooth pain or cheek irritation, I'm wondering about the yucky feeling of a mouth full of hardware. I'll appreciate your answers even if it's not what...

So sorry for you because I know how you feel. I've had my braces on about ten days and although there is slight improvement, mostly I feel like there is an entire village constructed in my mouth and the villagers are having sword fights. Thank you for your post. My ortho office told me I'd have a &q...

Thanks for everything so far and thanks bebop for reminding me that I saw a fairly new kind online that is water and air combined. It only uses a coupe of spoons full of water which made me wonder but had some good reviews. I think it may be an oral b product.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a Waterpik? There are so many brands and styles to choose from. While reading about them I read that they can be used INSTEAD of flossing with braces. Since this is written by the people selling them I will still plan to use it to supplement cleaning and flossin...

Thank you everyone for your advice and encouragement. It really is helping already.

Glad to have found this site. Four days in and having a difficult time but reading postings has given me some encouragement and some helpful information. My teeth don't hurt (yet?) but the inside if my cheeks and my lips are a mess and the braces feel so HUGE! The dental assistant told me to not use...