Metal Mouth Message Board

@ST24085 I see, that is good to know. Thanks

@chicken I looked at your blog and your teeth are beautiful and the wire ties seemed unnoticeable. ongrats on getting your braces off soon. 4 more days and i will be braced, it hasn't hit me yet.

Here's another one for you. I'm at around 10 months in and I'm back down to the smallest wire due to them hooking up my rear molars which grew in at about a 45° angle. Notice the great mid lines :roll: ... Hello surgery. If you're sharp, you can also notice where some of the bonding has begun to st...

These are quite different to @bikerchick85 :) As you can tell, its been six weeks and while my horribly grungy powerchain (initially clear, but coming off on Wednesday) is quite yellow, my white wire ligs make my upper arch appear considerably brighter. LOVE THEM! Now those are great but the big qu...

@Bikerchick85, oh i see. They look kind of like powerchain. Are they really noticeable?

can you change to elastic wires?

@ShopGirlBraced, thanks

I have looked almost everywhere and can't even find one pic, i am getting ceramic braces this Thursday and wanted to look into wire ties. I heard that they don't stain and wanted to see how noticeable they are. If you have a pic with wire ties and ceramic braces (yours or from the internet somewhere...

Thank you

Good for you. I'm actually really nervous for my first week in braces, getting them May 8th. I can't wait to finally have them but i just have a feeling its not going to be a good time at first. Plus i have a low tolerance for pain.

March 8th. Officially two weeks from now, can't believe its actually happening. I've wanted this for as long as i can remember.

I know you said you had to call and make your decision on Tuesday, but I thought I'd add my experience in case you haven't yet. I have ceramic on both top and bottom. My top teeth hit the brackets a little in the beginning, but after 3-4 months my arches straightened up and it wasn't an issue. (I'm...

Yeah i hear smoke doesn't stain as much and congrats on getting them of soon.

MrsCharisma wrote:

mmkay wrote:No I picked all metal, in large part to bypass the 'stressing' issue about aesthetics.

True. I have complete "clearness" for about 7-10 days them the inevitable happens. I've gone every 4 weeks though for adjustments so rarely it is unbearable.

Have you tried a different color band?

Do you have the ceramic?