Metal Mouth Message Board

Alright, I admit I get lazy just like any human being. I've skipping flossing my teeth and now I feel like my teeth look smaller and shorter. I will be getting my braces of by late January :jump: If my teeth behave good. :BigGrin: But, I'm worried because I feel my gums are kind of overlapping my te...

djspeece wrote:Ask your ortho if it would make a difference if the powerchain is under the archwire, assuming it is on top of the wire now. He/she probably already has considered this of course. How long are your nails?

My nails are mid-length but they're very thin which makes them look very sharp.

I just got my powerchain fixed for my bottom teeth last week but it broke again. I'm not sure how it happened since I avoid eating foods that are sticky and hard. I feel like I'm giving my orthodontist a hard time :cry: How do I prevent my powerchain from tearing off. I feel like this is happening b...

Oh god, this is bad new. I'm noticing some white spots forming between my teeth on the top row. I'm realy scared because the white spots are becoming more noticable. I brush, floss, use mouthwash evryday. I even use plax every once in a while, so why am i get these white spots, and only on my top te...

Okay, so I started wearing rubberbands this july so it's been almost 4 months. I do feel a slight difference in my overbite, not so much. But It's bothering me so much because ever since I started wearing rubberbands, gaps have started to form between each teeth and it's annoying. Now my teeth look ...

Has anyone here had to wear rubberbands for their overbite? I have to wear 4 rubberands and I know most people wear only 2. I guess I have to wear 4 because my bite is kinda deep. I've been hearing how rubberbands won't fix your overbite unless it's mild. Then why did my orthodontist recommend me ru...

What did your ortho say? I had to get 5 or mine extracted, one more teeth becuse the canine was my baby tooth but since I had the surgery for it my new canine gew so technically I got 4 or my teeth extacted. I only had to get them extracted because I have a deep overbite and there wasn't enough spac...

Thanks guy! The first thing I did today was called my ortho's office and they scheduled my appointment for next week on the 8th( so four days left). I'll ask them If still keep wearing my rubberbands, they haven't said anything about it though. The lady did ask me if I wore rubberbands on that tooth...

Newbite, I've had brace for a 1 year and 8 months and still have 1 and half to go.

So last tooth of my bottom teeth's bracket came of. I've never had broken brackets and it just happened out of the blue when I was eating chips and something hard in it broke the bracket. I'm freaking out because I wear rubberbands on 4 our of my teeth and that tooth is one of them. I have an overbi...

Thanks guys! I don't think I'm having that sensation anymore since it's been about 20 days or so.

Daemon- Yeah, I think it might be my straighter poster and it's making me hard to walk. Also, my bottom jaw protudse more now.

Nope I don't have latex allrhy but my rubberbands are heacy and I have to wear 4 of them

I've had braces for over a year now and I jsut got my rubberbands 2 days ago. My ortho gave me the giant tortoise ones(heavy) rubberbands and I have to wear for of those to fix my overbite. I do get headaches and feel dizzy which i thought was normal but now I have a problem when I walk it's like I ...