Metal Mouth Message Board

Hello,

I may be too late to help anyone with this, but I am undergoing my second lot of ALF treatment, so would be happy to attempt to answer any questions.

Hi there,

I'm in my 30s, and have ALFs in at the moment. These are expanding my upper palate and my smile is now wider!

Hello! What type of brace do you have? I have ALFs, and also experienced a lot of rubbing, until I discovered the wonders of dental wax! :wink: It felt a bit odd at first, but now I've become used to it, and it really, really helps. I do also find that the rubbing comes and goes though - it can be w...

Hello, I am around 15 months in to holistic dentistry treatment using ALFs, and am feeling rather despondent as my headache and pressure (in the nose and face), have yet to resolve. They do fluctuate now, but I'm beginning to wonder if they will ever go....... Does anyone have any morale boosting st...

Hi, I wonder if anyone might have similar experiences to share on something which is freaking me out? A couple of months ago, I had a nasty ulcer next to my lower left wisdom tooth - thought to be because the tooth was moving, my bite was changing, and it had angled towards the cheek a bit. The ulce...

Thank you for your replies. :) Bonjela teething gel has Lidocaine and cetalkonium chloride in it, and I've bought some of that recently, so might give that a go! The main problem is actually reaching the thing, because the tooth is hard up against the cheek. My dentist says it'll move again (no prob...

Thank you, that's a really useful tip! Off to find gauze........

Hi, I have top and bottom ALF appliances, and am around 7 months in to treatment. Over the last couple of days, I've developed an ulcer on my cheek where it's tight up against one of my lower wisdom teeth (the brace doesn't reach back that far, so my dentist thinks it's the tooth rubbing). I'm findi...

Hi, I originally had braces in my early 20s, and, now in my mid-30s, am having them again. In my case, it's a combination of only going so far with the original braces, and then walking in to a door a couple of years ago, which knocked things out of line again! Up until that point, my teeth had stay...

Hi Ellabelle, I get the tincture from Self Health Enterprises (the tincture itself is made by Biopure), which are a European company. That's just the one my dentist recommended (I think mainly because it's organic), but I'm sure any good quality tincture would work? You can put 4 or 5 drops on your ...

Hello, I posted a while ago when part of my brace had begun to embed, and I was having BIG sore mouth issues! My dentist recommended wild garlic tincture, and I just wanted to recommend it as it helped massively! It's probably not to everyone's taste, and it will make your breath smell a bit, but ju...

Hi, just wondering if anyone else out there has ALF appliances fitted?! (-:

Hi there, you may have already got an irrigator by now, but if not, I just wanted to share my experience! I'm in the UK, I eventually settled on a rechargeable irrigator of a different brand (around £60 - 65 on amazon uk). I think it's great, and it certainly makes keeping the braces clean SO much e...

Hi Klobird! An ALF is an 'advanced lightwire functional' appliance, first used in the 1980s. It's used not only to straighten the teeth, but to align jaw and skull bones. I've got upper and lower ALFs, and am having osteopathy alongisde it (there are a few hits on google for ALF, but they can be a b...

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum...... I originally had ALFs as part of a functional dentistry programme in my 20s. Now in my 30s, I'm 3 months in to another set of ALFs, following some regression and whacking my nose on a door! Last month, one of the acrylic pads on the top applicance began to emb...