Metal Mouth Message Board

Congrats. on both your engagement and your courage to finally have the braces. What does your fiance say? I am also getting married and will still have the braces. I NEVER smiled before them and my teeth already look better with them than without. I am planning to smile at my wedding and have an &qu...

Hi everyone... Thanls to the support of my fiance, I have now had my braces on for two months. I teach eighth-grade, so I had to go to school looking like one of my students with a mouth full of metal! My fiance and I will be married in the summer and I will still have them on; ugh... Anyway, the on...

I have ceramic uppers (on 4 crowns no less) and metal lowers. So far, so good. The metal lowers ALL have hooks on them. My bottoms are a bit crowded and I currently have two spacers. I am just wondering HOW and WHERE the elastics are going to go??? My otho never even mentioned it in my "finding...

Thank you for this site!!! It has been wonderful. I got top ceramic braces and lower metal braces yesterday and so far, so good. My only question is: "What are the button/hook things on the metal bottoms?" I don't have them with the ceramic. They are utterly annoying and I don't seem to no...

Wow! I read your story and it so resembled mine that it is eerie. I, too, wanted a "quick fix" and had crowns done on my four front teeth. I now absolutely HATE the crowns (two big ones that overhand and two small side ones) and am getting braces on Monday. They said that my crowns will mo...

I still haven't decided what to do....
I go in a week from today and am uncertain if I should pay the 5K all at once or monthly. The rub is that if I have to stop treatment for some reason (such as my many crowns), would I receive anything back if I paid in one lump sum???
Whitney

After so many years of hating my teeth and crowns, I am going in for my braces on December 5. Ceramic on top and metal on bottom. Thank you for the website; it has been extremely helpful.
Wish me luck! I have so much other dental work--crowns, bridges
Whit

for the advice and encouragement. I find that my teeth have shifted out even more. My biggest fear is that I won't be able to close my lips when they finally go on!!! They said it was Class 2 overbite. I am getting ceramic uppers and metal lowers.

I am a newbie and initially posted under the Doc section After being bulimic for much of my adult like, I basically had to have my four front teeth crowned--two having had root canals from an accident. Although they were a bit big--to cover a gap, and long--hence an overjet, I was fairly content for...

Thanks for the reassurance. I am sooooooooo unhappy with my crowns. The biggest problem is that I have (for 30 years) sucked my thumb! I know, it is embarrassing but I have to be honest. I ended up with the crowns because of bulimia. There isn't a heck of a lot of tooth under there to begin with BUT...

Could someone please share any experiences you have had with having braces on your crowns? I have NEVER been happy with my four front crowns and am going to have braces on them soon. The ortho. doesn't think it is "such a big deal" but I am a bit scared of the whole experiences as I have v...

At 34, I have become increasingly upset with the condition of my teeth. I have two sets of fixed bridges and a few molar crowns. My biggest complaint, however, is that my two front crowns are so wide (to cover a gap and to somewhat cover a 4mm overjet) while the 2 side ones (also crowned) are--obvio...