Metal Mouth Message Board

I am halfway through treatment and just went into 19s and 25s, which my ortho said would be the heaviest I have to wear. Thank goodness I got these after Thanksgiving. My teeth are very tender. I have been in a triangle elastic for about six weeks (got it on at my last adjustment). I am trying to te...

Second adjustment today. I got my open coil spring off of my bottom teeth! However, along with good news is bad: my right front tooth's bracket came loose a few hours after my appointment. This tooth is a crown. Has anyone else had problems with crowned teeth and brackets? I can 't get back in for t...

One of my canines is pretty high up in my gum line. My ortho didn't give it a name, but it has been slowly moving down a bit. I got braced January 15. My second adjustment is coming up next week. The incisor next to it that was pushed back has noticeably moved forward, and I still have an open coil ...

Thursday was my first adjustment. They took off my upper spring (yay!) but I got a heavier gauge spring across my bottom four teeth. Ugh. More pain for the inside of my bottom lip until it scars up. Wax doesn't really work. I can only anchor it down if I kind of attach it to the brackets behind the ...

Welcome! I've had braces over 5 weeks. I had spacers put in with my braces, so it's a little difficult to separate the pain resulting from each. My bite is constantly shifting, so that may be something you just have to try to adjust to. The spacers caused pain on the surface of my molars from biting...

Well I feel like a dim bulb. My crack ended up being glue thankfully. I no longer feel any pain from my brackets Bracesat57 but I'm glad you got yours adjusted so you're no longer uncomfortable. My first adjustment is next Thursday. Hopefully it won't be too bad. I have definitely noticed spaces ope...

Just noticed yesterday that my lower tooth next to my canine has a small crack. The tooth next to it is further back and that tooth's bracket rubs the cracked one. Made appointment with my ortho tomorrow. It doesn't hurt but I'm afraid if they have to remove the bracket to fix it that the crack will...

Discovered another food last night that is definitely not braces friendly...at least, not biting into them the way I did...pickled beets.

I am three weeks in and also feel much better about eating. For me that third day was the worst. I even had salad for the first time tonight and was dreading how much it would get stuck in my braces. It really wasn't too bad. My next big hurdle will be eating in public.

I am three weeks in with my braces and have found so far eggs and rice (or really any kind of grain) are the worst offenders. I like sushi and I am concerned about the size of the rolls with regard to chewing discreetly. Any advice/experience on this? What foods have bothered anyone else?

I have had my braces on a little over a week, and I have a sensitive spot at my gum line behind a canine. I am always nervous when getting my teeth cleaned, even though my dentist knows about it. I had my teeth cleaned a week prior to the braces, and didn't have any problems. I didn't tell the ortho...

I got braces for the second time a little over a week ago - ceramics on top and metal on lower. I was told I would have them on for about 20 months. I had them for about three years in middle school. I am 37 years old. I have a canine that is above my gum line that the first set of braces didn't rea...