Metal Mouth Message Board

Talk to your orthodontist about getting a pontic (fake tooth) put into the Invisalign trays to fill in the gap area. It's a really common, easy thing to do with Invisalign and no one will be able to tell you're missing that tooth when you have the trays in! I have two pontics where my upper lateral ...

So here's an update on my Invisalign journey: I got my first two sets of aligners on December 10th! My appointment went much quicker than I anticipated, and to be honest I felt kind of "rushed". The actual orthodontist actually only saw me for a total of maybe 1 minute, basically he was li...

It's so relieving to know I'm not alone :) just hearing from other people with same/similar situations reminds me of that fact! I once read somewhere that 2-3% of the entire WORLD population is missing one or more lateral incisors!!! How crazy is that?! I wonder why it's so "common". When ...

Thanks for the reply! I've had a very similar Essix retainer in the past with pontics placed in the retainer tray, so I'm familiar with this type of device and I imagined the pontics in Invisalign aligners wouldn't be much different. But when I was speaking with the orthodontist regarding the pontic...

Hi, I am congenitally missing both upper lateral incisors (teeth right next to two front teeth on each side), had them as baby teeth but when they fell out when I was little the adult ones never came in. I had braces when I was younger to open the spaces for future implants when I was older (late te...

Thanks for your reply! I've read that the pontics tend to be very unstable, which I'm nervou about because I will need two in the front of my mouth where biting forces occur most... Did yours ever break off?

I love Halloween, my favorite holiday! Braces could really add to your costume too, you could be a typical "nerd" and dress with suspenders, bowtie, big glasses, pens in pocket, etc. Make the dorky look rock!! Or you could take it in the opposite direction and be gangster, show off your gr...

Hello, First time poster on these boards, it's great to see a forum like this exists! Great information and support from others :) I am a 23 year old female congenitally missing both upper lateral incisors (teeth #7 and #10, the ones right next to my two front teeth), I had them as baby teeth but wh...

Hello, First time poster on these boards, it's great to see a forum like this exists! Great information and support from others :) I am a 23 year old female congenitally missing both upper lateral incisors (teeth #7 and #10, the ones right next to my two front teeth), I had them as baby teeth but wh...