Metal Mouth Message Board

I think it all depends on the individual, glad you haven't got any pain :) Mine didn't hurt intially, but a few days in I started to need wax for lips and cheek wise a bit of wax sorted it all out :) welcome to the forum and I hope you stay pain free :) My lips were like that too, swear I went throu...

:) haha i have often thought this too!...i have good oral hygiene too and stopped using a whitening toothpaste when I got my brace on and I sometimes think my teeth look whiter...i hope not...little yellow squares left behind! how funny would that be! and yes maybe they just notice your teeth more n...

thank you so much for all your replies :) you have all made me feel SO much better about treatment....i no longer think my teeth will fall out!!! - having heard how your experiences are quite similar pain wise. It's interesting how some of us get the agnosing pain and others don't have pain! I hope ...

Hey, So my first 5 weeks in braces were painful..not mild discomfort as the ortho keeps saying...but painful...i still can't even gently bite down on soft food so i am literally swallowing my food with no chewing. I went to my first adjustment apt and he took the power chains off my top teeth (extra...

oooooo i feel your pain! i do this from time to time, no pattern to it really. I can go a whole day clanging them together for some reason - hurts like crazy!!! and i say to the person i'm with argh my teeth just hit together its so painful and i get the odd look back of what?! it's crazy how opainf...

this is my problem too..had braces on for a week today and my mouth feels sooooo dry. Constant water drinking for me,
hope it passes soon!

Hey i was wondering if anyone else has just their first 6 teeth in clear brackets and the rest metal?? I get braced in 4 weeks so i can still opt for all metal. The orthodontist is being nice and said he will give me 6 clear ones and I don't have to pay for them (i'm getting a brace on the NHS so it...

mollyluise wrote:I went with teal this time!

hey mollyluise, your teeth look great! what colour have you got on the top? they are invisible looks great! love the teal !

wow your teeth look amazing!!! shows it's all worth it in the end. I'm so happy to see this post as I keep thinking what if mine look worse at the end!!
what a brilliant smile!!!

What's the reason for having two extraction sessions? I had seven teeth extracted all at once. I cannot imagine going through it twice even though it wasn't painful. Also I took at least three days off after the extractions. I was advised to do that and I am glad that I did. oh my goodness 7 teeth ...

thanks that was helpful feel a lot more reassured
glad to hear you didn't have any speech problems

yea the ortho said i'd have the gaps for most of the time i have a brace (2 and a half years) but i mean the extraction holes..where the root goes up into the gums..that hole... :/

I still have 5 weeks before my first two premolars are removed, four days later the next two are removed and then seven days later i get my brace on. I have never had anything done to my teeth and i am getting SO nervous about the extractions! All i can invision is having teeth pulled and having mas...

yay you got them on!! how do they feel??? that's what i am getting done, clear on top, metal on bottom, but i think my bottom teeth show more when i talk anyway :/ are the clear brackets bigger than the metal brackets???
yay here's to the beginning of straight teeth and a good jaw :D

when is your extraction? I hope it goes well, i need to get four premolars extracted and am so nervous about it!! From what my friends have told me it doesn't hurt having them taken out, it just feels like someone is pulling and you can hear your tooth root cracking (not breaking but just being made...

It's on the NHS, so i'm getting 6 top teeth clear, and the rest metal. Might look a bit odd but looking around the the internet seems to be quite common
glad the extractions don't sound too bad!