Metal Mouth Message Board

My 2nd adjustment (8 weeks total) was a couple of days ago. I got a bigger wire on top (it was a 16 before, now its..?), and an activator on my spring on the bottom. Only one wire tie this time. I won't get a bigger wire on the bottom for a few more months. Hopefully next month the spring comes out ...

This month has SUCKED. I got used to the bare wire after about a week of misery - big hunks of wax and lots of numbing stuff. My poor lower lip was shredded and swollen. It was either pain, or trying to talk through a big piece of wax with a lisp - not attractive. I thought I got used to it the wire...

5 days after first adjustment. I have a HUGE gap next to my right central incisor - and I am NOT happy about it! I know my lateral incisors are on the small size and are going to require some bonding to look right once I'm de-braced, but I really hope this gap isn't here to stay until then! Everythi...

Just got home from adjustment #1 at 4 weeks. I was bummed going in, thinking nothing had moved. The ortho and assistants set me straight - apparently I've had a ton of movement in just 4 weeks! Yay! Top lateral incisors have moved a bunch, they don't stick out as much, and the left bottom lateral in...

I eat with wax in. I have 6 blobs of wax pretty much all the time - lower molar hooks, and 4 buttons. Usually I'm only missing the wax on my upper buttons by the time I'm done eating. If I feel it dislodge I'll spit it out, otherwise I don't worry about it. I've eaten plenty of wax in the last 3 wee...

I have lingual buttons - 4 of them. They suck. They put ligatures around mine, which makes them not so sharp. I've had wax on mine constantly, and they're not so bad. It IS possible to get wax on them comfortably, it just takes some trial and error. I've noticed that more wax is definitely not bette...

Day 9: Wax usage has definitely decreased! Still using it on a couple of the hooks on my molars, and sometimes on my lingual buttons. I still haven't figured out how to talk around the buttons, I hope I get used to them soon! Nothing has moved yet, which is disappointing. I ate a lot of macaroni &am...

I've been using Colgate Peroxyl at night and ACT (green) in the mornings. The Peroxyl helped the irritation in my cheeks clear up really fast during those first few painful days.

I'm just over a week in. I ate soft foods only for the first 3 or 4 days - mashed potatoes and macaroni & cheese mostly. Now I'm eating almost everything - cut into smaller pieces of course. Haven't tried biting into anything except for a piece of swiss cheese today (success!). It will get bette...

I have a 5 mm or so overbite and no or negative overjet because my upper front teeth tip back toward my lower front teeth...this is my biggest problem causing all the jaw issues and everything. can they intrude the teeth to fix the overbite and flair them to fix the overjet? I think that is what my...

I have ceramic uppers and metal lowers also. I didn't really get an explanation...that's just how they do it. Maybe they break more? I asked for ceramic on top and bottom, and she said they didn't do it that way. I wish they did, because I'm on day 2 and the ceramic ones hurt the inside of my mouth ...

The next day: LOTS of wax! I think I have wax on every single bottom bracket, and the top ones in the back. The "buttons" on my bands are awful! The ortho assistant said they might get taken off at some point if the ortho isn't going to use them for elastics..but not yet.

I'll make some progress someday, right? 3/20/12: left premolar extraction (to balance missing right canine) and spacers. 3/18/12: Braces day! Clarity top, metal bottoms. One central incisor to be extracted, and two that don't have room for brackets yet. Molar bands with "buttons", hooks EV...

Mine go on this week, I'm 29. Hopefully it doesn't take longer than estimated, and I'll have them off before I turn 32.

8 extractions in a week, wow! That makes sense to me. My braces go on next week, and I've noticed teeth shifting around the gap from the 1 premolar that was extracted last week. My bottom teeth are crowding more too, from the pressure from the spacers. Looks like we are starting around the same time...