Metal Mouth Message Board

In the office i go, they re 2 orthos (husband and wife). The man works only with childs and tenns. The woman works only with adults, and waiting rooms are separated.

I m not getting stares from teens or the parents...

Mines are square ones.

Ok. got adjustment : no TPA !!! yeah it s cool.

I like to point and laugh at people who say anyone over the age of 16 is too old for braces. And then I point out if you still have teeth you can still get braces. I guess I'm mean that way but it really annoys me the way some people can't seem to help but criticize or question others choices. :-) ...

I have steel archwires on the both sets now. I got the top one after 4 months, was my 4th archwire. Still have it since october. Was not a great change to have it. But in opposite, i got the stainless steel on bottom last week, and the ortho shaped it to accelerate the leveling of my bottom teeths. ...

Orthos in general prefers work on metal braces, easier for them...but not for you. And 30 years of experience means also that he is used to metal braces. May be he is alos a bit "old school". My ortho said me before braces that she can obtain sames results in same time, whatever it is cera...

Hello. sorry to ask, but if you re concerned on what others thinks (which i undersand very well), why don t you get some ceramics on top ? It s much less obvious. I m 37 (going to 38) and i have braces for 10 months already. I was afraid of people reaction but didn t got a lot and no bad ones. Even ...

I have 8 on cheeks side + 4 on tonge side (with 2 of them "flattened" until they will be used).

Is that working ??

Hello. I m joining you as i have top left impacted canin too. Got my top braces in may 2011, and bottom in january this year. I had surgery to glue the "bracket with wire" thing on my impacted canin on the 20 of february. Baby tooth was removed in same time. Ortho started to move softly th...

OK now that i m green (completely Greeeeeeeeeeeennnnnn...sorry), there is a pic of early january, just after i got bottom fitted :

http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/4376 ... basimg.jpg

One more and will be good i think lol

[quote="kellyb"][quote="stealth76"][quote="kellyb"]hey :jump: thanks for sharing. wishing you all the best with your journey and look forward to seeing some pics :)[/quote] Thanks for the welcome. How can i show pics ? It seems i can t paste them in the message and i m ...

No real funny storie until now, but i agree better take it in laughing, what i try to do when i m talking and make it un-understanble (dry lips/cheeks, tongue stuck in inner hooks etc...) "oups sorry , reverse tape : i redo it in french".

[quote="kellyb"]hey :jump:
thanks for sharing. wishing you all the best with your journey and look forward to seeing some pics :)[/quote]

Thanks for the welcome.

How can i show pics ? It seems i can t paste them in the message and i m not authorized to post url links ??