Metal Mouth Message Board

There is a really good article on the main archwired site called "How Braces Work" and it talks about the bone remodeling process what happens to make your teeth move. You can google gum resorption with braces for a number of articles but it can occur if you move the teeth too quickly and...

Here are pics Day 1

kathydell wrote:http://img29.imageshack.us/img29/6025/ydn2.jpg

Looks like I can finally post a picture. He's my progress in 3 months.

That's a lot of progress in a short amount of time!! thanks so much for sharing! I will have to post once I get mine in on Saturday.

The ortho told me it would take about 3 months for my tops to "look" straighter and about 5 months for my bottom. I was extremely skeptical given I had severe crowding on the bottom and had a lower incisor extracted to make room since my jaw is too small and I'm not up for jaw surgery and...

Bonding, as you are referring to it, is dental resin shaped into however a dentist sculpts it. (Veneers are porcelain.) It can be used as part of "instant orthodontics" to reshape teeth, repairs for chipped teeth. It's most common use is as an alternative to amalgam fillings. Costs will v...

I wouldn't buy the whole "you can't see ceramics in pictures" arguement. I have lingual braces but have a few brackets on the outside of my teeth to use elastics. I've taken pictures and my teeth look really strange. I figured I could photoshop it out but it kinda makes your teeth look cr...

My situation is a bit different. I had my braces put on 2 years ago and asked my fiance to marry me last year. We wanted a fall wedding and a longer engagement, so it worked out perfectly for me to have my braces off by this coming September. I talked to my ortho about this date, and he said he'd m...

Talk with your ortho about options. I scrambled to get mine on in March knowing that my wedding is July of 2014. It will be really tight but I may have them off. If not, she said there are lots of options and actually showed me pictures of other bride patients. If you have ceramics, they can take y...

Yes I originally wanted lingual braces, but many orthos did not recommend because treatment time was longer, more complicated, and more expensive 3x as much. I decided to go with regular braces and my ortho is going to see me 2x a month. She said I can have it sooner and if I am not satisfied she wi...

Is it possible to get teeth straight with regular braces in a 6-9 months. I had braces before but didn't wear my retainers. I have a gap on the side and my teeth aren't that bad but definitely could be straighter

I know I'm vague but i was asking because a I heard someone mention how they got braces and bonding to make their teeth look straighter in a short amount of time .

I was quoted 10,000 in the US. I thought it was too much and I gave up. Considering getting regular braces instead.

How much did you pay for lingual braces ? I got a consultation and the ortho quoted 10,000.

What is bonding ? How much are they?

Any photos I'm getting braces on Sunday . I considered lingual braces but to expensive.