Metal Mouth Message Board

*Layla* My post was supposed to be kinda humourous. How people respond to it, is their own. I would never encourage using that as a means to lose weight. I'm very health conscious. Was trying to find anything positive at the time for not being able to eat much. More like venting. Losing weight was t...

*eurydice* - Haha..dreaming about pizza...I soo understand what you mean. And OH my god the not chewing food properly issue. The other day, I swallowed a piece too big and it hurt going down my throat..LOL..chewing is too much work, but I could see how it could be dangerous. One more thing about you...

*hotslinthesun*, I completely agree with the getting tired of chewing. Since my last post my mouth is feeling much better, but it's the eating part that's annoying. Takes too long and I start loosing interest. Oh well, I'm leaving for Hawaii on friday for a week so I definetely will feel a little &q...

Argh...Just got my braces last week. Between the sores on my cheeks from the back braces poking at them and the back of my tongue being raw from rubbing on the metal inside my molars, let me tell you for someone that loves to eat, eating is sooooo not appealing to me right now. Also I have had a few...

Hi, I had my first installation done last friday and had some spacers put in. The first day was fine, besides my cheeks getting a little raw from the wires (which wax seemed to have helped). But the next day my bottom front teeth started hurting, feeling like they are all being pushed in together (t...