Metal Mouth Message Board

auco99 wrote: My wife is impressed and I'm curious to see if anyone at work notices. I feel different but I don't miss my braces yet.

How are your teeth feeling now? What's it like to wear a retainer instead of braces (I assume you have a retainer)? And did anyone at work notice?

I am going to fall off my chair when my 4 year old sees my metal mouth for the first time! Not sure I'm ready for her honesty :D My little girl loves my "bracelets" and wants them on her teeth, too! We tell her she has to get better at brushing her teeth before she can have them, and she'...

So my orthodontist's office was super helpful about getting more elastics while out of town. They contacted a local ortho who agreed to provide me with them. I went in to pick them up and they had 3 bags of them waiting for me at the front desk (even colors, though I always use plain ones), and they...

I just got moved up from Otters to Kangaroos today. The kangaroo on the pack is wearing boxing gloves. And I feel like I've been punched in the face after this adjustment (rectangular steel on bottom, 17x22 NiTi on top). How apt. :roll: Why do we do this again?! :-+ Do you suppose they put boxing g...

And now this: I'm on vacation for another week and I think I'm going to run out of elastics! I'm going to call my ortho tomorrow to see if he can send me to someone local where I might be able to get some. I feel silly that I didn't bring more along! I'll be happy when I don't have to pack a separat...

Well, after 1 week, I'm used to them. I get headaches and I also clench my jaw, which, of course, doesn't help. I even try to eat sometimes with them in, and am momentarily confused when I can't get the food into my mouth! I forget to put them back in sometimes, so I'm trying rally hard to remember....

Today I got a new upper wire and I now also have to wear rubber bands (triangles from top to bottom on both sides, canines. The rubber bands are "bears"). Wow-- the discomfort is different than anything I've experienced so far! It's been 8 hours and I've taken pain medicine and have even u...

Auco99, best wishes for tomorrow!

Sore spots, yes, before my arch widened. Never a blister. You should talk to your orthodontist and see if they can fix that!

Guess it's not clear that I didn't go with the 6-month smile. I went to an orthodontist and was told 18-24 months.

My dentist offered me the 6-month smile when I told him I was going to get braces. My teeth were nice and straight after about three months, but now we're getting the real work done - all the fine-tuning and bite correction. The first few months didn't hurt at all, but like I said, that was the easy...

Sometimes my bite is totally different when I wake up from how it was when I went to sleep. I can't believe how much movement there is.

Wow, Slack! Your teeth look great, and only a year! I'm jealous, I can't wait to get mine off!

2 weeks after my 49th birthday. I'll be 50 in May. I'll get them off (hopefully) in November.

I've had braces for 10 months and coworkers still occasionally ask "Do you have braces?" and "When did you get braces?" It's surprising because I feel like they are gigantic and can't imagine how anyone wouldn't notice them. I like my clear uppers - from several feet away, you ca...