Metal Mouth Message Board

I also have a TPA and it took me awhile to get used too. Right after I got it my ortho suggested to go ahead and eat before my teeth get sore so I did. I grab some noodles from a Thai restaurant and boy that was a horrible idea, I took a couple bites and the trash it went. I talked funny for a coupl...

I have dark purple for halloween. I love it.

I got my upper braces plus all the bands on my molar last week. I also got a tranpalatal arch. Today I got my 2 of pre-molar extracted. I lost 2of my first molar when I was growing up due to bad dental hygiene. I really wished I took good care of it before but oh we'll I cant go back. I wanted to as...

Me too! Just the uppers will get the lowers bonded after I get two of my teeth extracted. I also have a transplantal arch (TPA). It's hard to eat with the TPA food gets stuck in it. Other tgan that, it's so much better than spacers!

I just got mine put on this morning and you are correct it is so hard to manage. I tried to eat some noodles and I found myself fishing them out of the TPA. Ortho said I'll get used to it. I have to keep it on for a year.

I cannot wait to get this spacers out! One more day and a wake up before I get braces. It doesn't hurt as much anymore, it's just messing up with my bite.

I've had my spacers for about 3 days now. It's starting to become bearable. I'm still having a difficult time eating. I can't wait to get them out but then again I know I'll be experiencing a different kind of sore from braces. I'll have them on for 2.5 yrs. I do have question about jaw clicking, I ...