Metal Mouth Message Board

Oh boy, the essix retainer isn't that great. If you're real self concious about your teeth like I am then don't go down this path. From personal experience the essix worked well for the first month. After that it seemed to loose it's retaining power and my teeth began to get gaps and started relapsi...

Whew..Thanks. I'll post results and pics. I'm anxious...I'm dissing girls cuz I'm so self consious.

Well, Long story short I'm getting deployed overseas in July. So my braces are coming off this monday. The ortho said I can go in at 3, get them off, but I won't get my clear retainer until the following day. Will my teeth relapse a lot over the night? I've had braces before but for only 2 months du...

The doc did it to me. He explained it used to open up the bite.

I was actually thinking of posting a thread like this too. I look in the mirror all the time for movement. I even got my before photos from the Dentist to match it up with my teeth now. I do see improvement, now that I know what they looked like before.

wore my clear retainer faithfully every day, all night for 1 1/2 years. Some time down the road I noticed my gaps coming back and my teeth looking relapsed. I have braces again, I had them before for 4 months. ANd i'm gonna get the metal one this time.

Alright, reality time. People don't care, it's about your attitude. If you hold back your smile when something funny happens and your around ppl, then your self esteem is gonna go down. They know you got braces, quit hiding and start flashing. When it comes to girls, IDK, I have a baby face but when...

I've noticed when I was browsing through some pictures that patients with molar bands have gotten their teeth a weird color. What's the cause of this? I'm noticing the same effect on my upper molars.

I had the clear retainer and my teeth relapsed enough for me to get braces again.

Are you letting the medicine 'soak in' sorta speak? Get a q-tip and dry off the saliva on the infected area. Then apply the orabase or w/e treatment you are using and apply. Hold you lip out so the medicine can do it's work and so the salive won't spread it everywhere.

I bump this topic because I'm want to see actual cases too.

Alright, be sure to post pictures of your progress. We always like those.

I like your photochop. Nice results so far. Congrats for putting up with them.

I'm a man of few words. That being said, Welcome!