Metal Mouth Message Board

I got my bracket glued back on today. The assistant said she sees it happen quite commonly, especially with younger kids lol.

I've had my first bracket fall off. It's been 1 month into my treatment. I'm wondering how common it is for other people's brackets to fall off? I didn't eat anything hard/sticky. I had noodles, rinsed my mouth and next thing I know the bracket is just sliding along the wire.

Spacers are used before getting molar bands put in right? Does the gap where the molar band used to be just disappear after the braces/molar band gets removed?

I had my teeth cleaned before I got my braces on. Do the dentist/hygienist still floss your teeth for you when you go get your teeth cleaned with braces?

23 years old. I would have done it in high school, but they were too expensive. Now that I have a job with benefits, I figured I shouldn't delay it any longer.

Hello everyone, Thought I should come here to say hi. I got my braces on yesterday and for the whole day yesterday I felt totally fine. A little unaccustomed to the hardware in my mouth, but I was getting used to it. When I woke up this morning though and I felt like someone punched me in the front ...