Metal Mouth Message Board

Thanks for the info mtb_nwbraces. That sounds much better than the horrible methods I was imagining. I'll suggest slenderizing as an option to my new ortho. My two upper front teeth are also what I want slenderized. It sounds as if your ortho will do that between the 2 front teeth instead of the out...

Attagirl2, did you originally have a space between your 2 front teeth that allowed the sanding tool to get into position to work? I'm considering having my teeth shaved to avoid any more extractions, but my teeth are very close together with no spaces at all. Do you know how / if that can work? Than...

Thanks everybody for such good information concerning bite problems caused by braces. I've had metal braces on my lower teeth only for 1.8 yrs to correct a protruding right canine, and I had no bite problems. My ortho never monitored how my bite was changing and now I'm experiencing horrible TMJ pai...