Metal Mouth Message Board

This is a GREAT place for research! You get answers to questions you didn't know you had :) Ask your dentist for another referral if possible. Most consults are free and since you're making an investment (in yourself), you want to feel confident and comfortable with the orthodontist. I actually foll...

nope! I flossed a few times a week pre-braces and TRY to floss every night with the braces. It's a hassle. I HATE the threader, but kinda like the oral-b floss. Last week I tugged too hard pulling floss out of my tight teeth and pulled the wire out of the bracket. NOW I'm paranoid about flossing. Th...

Ok my Aussie Bud, I thought I was the only one digging at the spacers. lol I was a thumb sucker as a kid (not for TOO long), but I still and unconsciously push on my top teeth with my tongue. The result? An overbite and top teeth that do not touch/meet the bottom. And all this time I thought my teet...

The teeth aren't as tender now as in the beginning, but I'm not looking forward to the next "jam session". The tooth they're trying to space is really tight. Oddly enough I WANT to floss back in there...go figure. I'm waiting for an appliance to use undo the tongue thrusting issue. I hope ...

It's been almost a month since I got wired and it's not as bad as I thought that it would be. On the last visit, it got spacers. Neither the ortho or the assistant realized my 32 were nestled so cozily. They couldn't get one spacer in...just gave up till next time. I think one of them is just jammed...