Metal Mouth Message Board

But I feel like i've been there for MONTHS. Been in braces for almost 2.5 years, I can't wait for elastics, since I know that is going to be the last phase!!

I too got comfortable eating things like tortilla chips (chips and salsa is my fave--I could not go 2.5 years withou!!) and steaks. But watch out--you may not break a bracket, but my last adjustment, my wire was distorted. I asked what could have caused it, and the assistant asked what I had been ea...

I have had people comment about my age (27) and how I have braces, and the "why didn't you have it done when you were younger," questions, but nothing outright rude. I do believe that the people who make snotty remarks about braces are jealous. I know how I felt when I had crooked teeth (r...

I have had braces for 1 year and three weeks now (and the stupid annoying nance for just as long). Over the past few weeks (and 2 adjustments) a very wide gap between my two front teeth is forming, and I am developing an annoying lisp (listhp!). Is this common? I'm 27, and I am officially tired of m...

I've had braces since October, and I will never forget how awful spacers were. I couldn't bite down for a week. Well, next time I go in, I am getting spacers so they can band my back molars. Has anyone had LESS pain from spacers the second time around? I guess I am hoping for a different experience....