Metal Mouth Message Board

Congrats!! You're lucky for not having any pain. The first few days after getting mine my whole mouth was an annoying sore, but it goes away. Now I'm only sore after a wire change, which I've had two of since getting my braces last month, and that goes away by the end of the day. I had a quad helix ...

Jill, does your ortho ever burn the ends of your wires before securing them? My ortho always hits the ends of the wire with a lighter before placing them, killing the memory in the wire so it won't slip, bend, etc. I had one continuously poke me in the gum one day, and I tried my hardest to bend it ...

I know how you feel. I started my journey back in March with a trip to the dentist to get all my pre-requisite work done before going to my ortho consult. I never really cared for my smile, and my parents were kind of the "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" type. I finally got to the point w...