Metal Mouth Message Board

I wouldn't worry too much about the staining. A hygenist should be able to take care of that. I had the same problem and my hygenist cleaned that up real nice. I'm sure you'll be fine.

Hello Stacey. Thanks for sharing your photos and story so far. I hope that your treatment works out with your current situation and all. Our teeth look to have a lot of similiarities, so feel free to check out my pics. It might give you some idea what your ortho may try with you, and also to give yo...

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I've heard that about retainers too. I think as time goes on and you've passed the 2 or 3 year time frame, the ortho usually just advises you to wear your retainer only when you're sleeping. I work with a guy who's had braces about 4 years ago (he's like 45 now) and he just wears his at night and th...

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Eating starts out to be a major pain, but after being in braces for a month or so you start to think less about it, but you will never get to a point where you never think about it. There will always be the self concsious smiles right after you eat if you haven't brushed yet. And you'll probably sna...

I can't believe that none of you have mentioned to use wax. Try using that wax! It really does help... A LOT. Good luck.

Awesome on gettin the braces! I just had an adjustment 2 days ago and I'm still sore and I've been in braces almost a year so, your not alone on the pain thing. You'll see that some adjustments can be worse than others, but look on the bright side. That smile of yours is going to be stunning in no t...

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I too have those triangles on my lowers, but they're not visible when I smile so, I'm not doing anything with that. But, I do have a few spots on top where I have them so, either I'll have my teeth shaved a little or the gum grafted. I don't know yet... have to discuss the best option with the ortho...

I don't smoke or anything, but I do love my coffee drinks. And always thought my teeth could be whiter but, until these braces come off I'll too have to wait to have trays made or to have them whitened professionally. So, in the mean time, I've tried Colgate Simply White toothpaste AND started using...

Awesome final result!!! I know already that mine won't look nearly that nice when I'm done. I'd be smiling non-stop the whole summer if my teeth looked that nice. Congrats!!

[quote]Personally, I don't let my orthos off the hook. I make them answer all my questions[quote] Sounds like drilling to me. If you can't get your ortho to answer even BASIC questions, then either find a different one, or find a different way of asking. Besides, are they getting paid to play 20 que...