Metal Mouth Message Board

No-one promised life would be straightforward! We will be moving to New Delhi early next year right in the middle of my 18-months braces sentence. I will also need lower jaw surgery middle of next year but plan to come back to the UK for that treatment. So, two questions: 1. Can anyone recommend a g...

So many people in their 40's - that's great to see. :D I'm 43 and got top braces 5 months ago, followed by bottom braces 5 weeks ago. Everything everyone says is true - you really do forget aboout them after a little while. However, you will have days where you think "please can I take them out...

Changed dentists because we moved house and he opened up a whole new world of possibilities. He mainly started talking about the treatment because of my poor bite and some underlying bone damage; but I'm not kidding myself on this - the main motivation for me is really cosmetic. I'm finally putting ...

I went through this a few weeks after my top braces were fitted. One of my molars was really aching badly for 3 or 4 days. I didn't believe that the pain was from the brace because it was different from the pain I suffered for the first 2 weeks after the braces were fitted. After 4 days I went to my...