Metal Mouth Message Board

I know this has probably been asked before, but i remember something about my ortho saying i should wear the retainers day and night for three months, than just put it on every night. I may be wrong but my ortho recently moved to a different office a month or so after i was debraced and have no idea...

I just got my retainers today, essix on top and hawley on bottom, would it be best for me to take them off every time i drink soda? Probably should'nt be an issue, just double checking

So i just got my braces off yesterday :D but just have a quick question, i have to wait about 4 days for my retainer to be finished and was wondering, is it normal for my bite to already feel different than yesterday when i got them off? It still looks the same, it just feels a little off :? im sure...

I finally get my braces off after 2 years of being braced, In two days i will be getting debanded and am wondering what i should be looking forward to? The ortho said that i will be getting an Essix retainer, so will he take molds that day and i'll receive the retainer at what point? i also am suppo...

such positivity for the essix , i just have one question..is it ever annoying, or does it feel weird when biting down? i heard you wont be able to close your mouth fully, makes me kind of want a hawley's because of that

So i am nearing the end of my braces, and my ortho told me that at my next appointment he would start debanding my braces. Now my question is, he told me my target end date for my braces to be off was in april.. My next debanding date is in march. Do orthodontists sometimes like to take off certain ...

I have about 3-4 months left of my estimated braces time and ive noticed more and more as my teeth start to move, my upper and bottom front teeth are sliding against each other as i bite down. It is almost a nice bite but i have to slightly pull my jaw back for it to feel normal when i bite down, I ...

So ive had braces over a year now and about 4 months ago i had elastics put on to fix a slight underbite, well that worked amazingly and actually gave me an overbite to an extent. Well ive had them off for a month or two now and my top and bottom front teeth are about even now when i bite down witho...

So has anyone else had this done? my upper and bottom teeth just about hug each other nicely when i close my mouth, but i had asked him if there could be the normal gap between the upper and bottom teeth(having slight discomforts with it as of now) I made the mistake of not asking what Torque'ing my...

Ive been in braces for about 9 month's now, 2 of those months being in elastics. At my last adjustment about 2 weeks ago my original ortho had just retired and a new orthodontist took over. He had told me that the elastics may have fixed my bite completely. (Which my top teeth were hanging over the ...

So ive been wondering.. Elastics were put on my teeth to close the gaps and dramatically pull my underbite into an almost normal bite. The question i have is, If it looks like i have almost a normal bite right now with my elastics in(been wearing them for a while and they've done wonders), how do th...

has anyone else experienced this? at first i thought it might just be from my job(data entry) but the left side of my neck all the way to my back shoulder area has been stiff ever since i noticed i had been grinding?

Initially he had guessed 1 year in braces but because my teeth were already so straight he said it may take 9 months, and 6-8 months after surgery, this month i believe is the 9th month in braces. I had asked him how much time he thought was left and replied..maybe 9 more months, so im praying that ...

I have a question that ive been thinking alot about lately... When does the Orthodontist decide it's time for the patient to have surgery? For example.. Do all the teeth have to be closed of all gaps, or does the top teeth have to be in a certain alignment with the bottom? Any help would be apprecia...

is this a normal part of the process? my ortho gave me 2 bags of them to wear for 8 weeks? im a bit worried? maybe he forgot i was having surgery?(99% sure im wrong about that idea) just speculations that i hope can be cleared up! thanks