Metal Mouth Message Board

Okay my ortho has 4 chairs in one room , seperated by low walls each with a gameboy advance attached on them for the kids, heck I play a little myself and he also has a private area in the same room with one chair, I rarely see anyone in there , mostly the times I've seen the other patients are out ...

I got my back molars banded and it wasnt painful at all, the assistant who put them on only had to remove two the whole time and I just bit down when she said too, then the Ortho came to look over what she did and I bit down some more but it wasnt painful at all.

Well no braces for me this visit, the ortho just checked me and made my sectionals longer to move the teeth back some more, I'll be going for a check again in 2 months! If my teeth have moved back enough then I get the rest of my braces. The longer sectionals are a bit uncomfortable but they'll move...

I think I need to just stop talking about all of this and get on with it. I'm thinking of calling them tommorow and setting it up to be on within the next 2 weeks (one week for spacers). I have an oral presentation coming up at school that worries me, but this isn't going to get any better unless i...

Good luck on getting your braces tomorrw....it will be a new thing for you...and very exciting.. :D I am getting braced this week as well...upper ceramics on the 28th, but my question is about the molar bands and tps...how has that been for you? One week after I get my uppers I am getting the molar...

Hey all! I've been around a while, reading up on the new ones and on peoples progresses. Tomorrow I go in maybe to finally get my upper braces. So far I've had a TPA and brackets on my back molars. Hopefully tomorrow I finally get braced!

Yup after I had my 4 spacers in at the top, I felt my teeth move and yes they were more crowded at the front of my mouth.

Very Nice! You must be so happy!

Hey all,
I'm getting my braces soon, on Monday hehe, just wondering whats a good color combination to get.

I've just started treatment for braces, got my spacers put in on Monday, so next Wednesday I'll be having braces put in on my top teeth, at the sides.

Was nervous about it so thats how I ended up on these forums hehe
Been very helpful here, lotta advice on what to do for pain etc.

I love it!