Metal Mouth Message Board

I wore my crossbite elastics for only one months and my ortho saw a huge difference! So they can work very fast. I wore them faithfully as instructed (24 hours a day), I think if you do that then they work like magic. My ortho was also surprised they worked this fast! Question for you: If your orth...

Fabulous progress, Krystal, I really enjoyed reading your funny, honest story! What's the purpose of the curve on the wire in front ? Your braces are really working, that's so awesome to see! Your teeth look fantastic! Thanks Ellabelle! To answer your question, my brackets are Daemon-type brackets ...

What's cookin', good lookin' braces family? As usual, I've been a turd about keeping this up to date. I figured it was a good time to update since yesterday marked my 9 month braces anniversary ! I cannot freaking believe it's been that long but, simultaneously, I feel like time is crawling by. If I...

Hello Archwired masses - Gosh, I've been awful at keeping this up to date. Nonetheless, here I am - another adjustment down. Valentine's Day will be my six month anniversary, which means that I could be as much as 1/3 of the way through my treatment (depending on which end of my estimated range I la...

Hello there braces friends, It's been awhile since I've checked in. It's funny -- I think I spent at least 10x more time in these message boards stressing out about getting braces than I do now that I have them. I'm not sure if anyone reads these but, if you're thinking about getting braces and you'...

Hi all! Thank you for the well wishes and please excuse the lateness of my update. I've been crazy busy some new responsibilities at work and soaking up the last traces of Summer in the Pacific Northwest. Lots has changed since I checked in last... I had my first adjustment on September 10th. When I...

WOW!!!

Awesome progress!

I can't believe it has been two weeks. I really thought that time was going to crawl by, but it hasn't been so bad yet. I feel like I'm seeing a lot of subtle progress, but I could be imagining things. I'm getting used to eating and I kind of like brushing my teeth at work. It's like my 1 o'clock mo...

Definitely temporary! You've made so much progress in less than 5 months. It's just like weight loss - you'll hit a plateau eventually. Things will start moving again soon

The longer I have these things, the more I absolutely hate the clear brackets. They are so HUGE. I would NOT recommend getting clear brackets. You can still see that there is something there and are so big that my upper lip literally sticks out. I just figured out that the reason I look tense is tha...

Thanks Kimmie!

I definitely think the lowers hurt the worst out of the two. I'm still just claustrophobic about all the stuff in my mouth. I can't wait to see some changes so that I can feel some validation about this ridiculous decision.

1 day down, only 729 to go.. My appointment was mostly uneventful, but I'll give you a little play-by-play.. The assistant who would be prepping my teeth was quite nice. She explained everything as she went and tried to be quick about it. My orthodontist installs braces in such a strange way compare...

Well, today is the day. I haven't been able to get to sleep because I'm so anxious. I'm getting braced at 8:30am. Someone from my orthodontist's office left me a voicemail yesterday to confirm my appointment. I listened to it 6 times, but it still doesn't feel real. I lived it up this weekend (last ...

Good luck today, Leigh! Post pictures when you can

Pictures!!?