Metal Mouth Message Board

Yay! I'm so happy for you. I couldn't believe how much better they looked without the metal, it seems that the actual braces magnify anything remotely 'imperfect' x10000! Can't wait to see pics, enjoy!

Thank you Melusine. I've stopped using it now. I was told to by my dentist but he never told me for how long! Cleaning twice a day thoroughly with an electric toothbrush and colgate whitening toothpaste seems to be making a difference. I'm just using my usual 0% alcohol Listerine mouthwash! Again, t...

Thank you! I never thought of that but it's only happened since I started using corsodyl. I'm going to stop using it and go back to my listerine. I gave them a really good clean with my electric toothbrush and they're looking less stained already! Again, thanks.

Yes I floss as well, I can't floss on my top front 6 teeth because I've got a permanent retainer, hence why I use to interdental brushes there instead. No, my gums have never bled before!

Hi everyone, I haven't been on here for so long, since I had my braces off! But I have a question that isn't brace related but still teeth related. I am extremely careful with my dental hygiene. I brush my teeth for at least 2 mins twice a day, use interdental brushes twice a day and currently using...

Exactly, all we do is scrutinise our mouths when we have braces. I remember before having them never even thinking I had horrible teeth because no one ever pointed them out! Infact when I asked people near the end of my treatment if they remembered what they were like before, pretty much everyone re...

Anna95 I'm not 100% positive really because near the end I came to terms with the fact that my teeth wouldn't be perfect so I stopped analysing them so much! I have to say, my bite/teeth looked and felt much better after wearing 'box' elastics for a few months. I'm not sure of the technical term for...

vegathestar, unfortunately it turned out that my smile was canted due to my actual jaw being canted itself. As with Anna95, my ortho did as much as possible to straighten it up with elastics, which he did pretty well. To give you some peace of mind though, once my braces came off the cant was much l...

Thanks! My face aches from smiling so much! :p

Thank you everyone!

Thank you! It's definitely worth the wait

Also, I just wanted to add, thank you for all your support on the forum whilst in braces, it's really awesome to be able to talk freely about your worries and have such kind, reassuring answers. I'll definitely still be checking back on here and I'm sure I'll still have questions (retainers are such...

Thank you everyone, such lovely comments! Good luck with all your treatments

Hi everyone! Hope you're all okay :) This morning I had my braces taken off! I had them on for nearly 20 months, my original 'sentence' was 18 months so I'm really pleased. I'm going to put in a few pictures of when I first had them on for comparison. I'm aware they're not absolutely perfect but in ...

Congrats! As Anna says, I hope upi don't disappear off here, you always give such brill help and advice! Be sure to post some debraced pics