Metal Mouth Message Board

Thanks for replying. I'm sorry to hear that you are having the same problem, but at the same time, I am glad I'm not alone. Who knew that these thing would be such a pain in the butt.

I went with bright pink on my ceramics. I am 29. Next time I think I will do teal and purple.

Hey all, I am just over one month in. I have clear ceramic uppers and lowers with a TPA as well. They had to put bite blockers on two upper molars because my top molars were hitting my back brackets. The problem is, is that those molars are very sensitive to any pressure and I can't bite down with t...

I love the aqua and pink combo!

I want to get hot pink for my first ones. Only 7 weeks to go!

Well the TPA has been in in for a week now. The first couple days the metal was really hurting but it is ok now. Eating has been challenging with food getting stuck but it is getting better. And the most exciting part is that I will be getting braced in 7 weeks! I can't freaking wait. I sort of wish...

That doesn't look like fun. I have a TPA and I've had it for a week. I couldn't imagine more metal behind my teeth like that.

So cool that you "won" your treatments. Good luck!

[quote="GillyWeed"]Well cool that you are starting the process, you should be really happy about that... is the TPA like an expander? So you're looking at getting braced around March 2013? The time will fly by really fast--you'll be a metal mouth before you know it :wink:[/quote] Yeah, I t...

Thanks for the welcome. I ended up going with the second ortho that I had a consultation with. She will be fitting me with a Transplantal Arch device on Wednesday. They put some elastic spaces between my molars last Tuesday and it put a lot of pressure on my teeth this past week. I am expected to ha...

Hi everyone. I am just starting my braces journey at the age of 29. It is something that I have wanted to do for a long time but I have always been intimidated by it ($ mainly), and now I want to have it done before I am 30. I am going for my second consultation tomorrow morning. I have overcrowding...