Metal Mouth Message Board

I got class IIs this week as well. Boooo. I wasn't so fussed till I spent an hour being forced to look at myself in the mirror at the hairdressers this morning and realised how totally ridiculous they look when I'm speaking. Urgh.

Heyy So it's still early days but I really don't rate my orthodontic nurse too much. I went today for my first adjustment and like the previous twice I've seen her (ie, first getting braced and having to go back cos of a bracket popping off) aside from asking how I was getting on she spent the whole...

1. Midlands, UK
2. Around £2800
3. Traditional metal upper and lower
4. 18-24 months

About a fortnight, and that's with bite blocks. Kinda good but I was also pretty happy about losing half a stone after a week of soup and smoothies lol, which has now all piled back on and then some.

Yep. Aside all the better stuff I can do with the money I saved, I feel like if I got ceramics I'd be even more self conscious of the fact it looked like I was trying to hide the fact I had braces... If that makes sense?

Hey Handsdown. Sounds pretty similar to my situ, "moderate" (although yeah, I'd have thought severe) crowding to both arches and I had to have four extractions. Urgh. Firstly, I'd avoid planning anything for the few hours after your extractions. The ortho assistants said I'd be fine to car...

Thanks for all the replies everyone!

Yep, I feel coloured ligs are my silver lining at the moment. Hehehe.

Thanks! Oh, I didn't realise it was the ortho's choice and not mine which brackets were used. He guessed 18-24 months (gahhh) but hadn't specified with which type of braces. Well I thought so but no matter now as a whole bracket's gone and popped off since I posted that so I'm gonna have to get an a...

Hi, Been lurking for a while but finally got braced today and already need some help! Firstly for some reason I assumed my ortho only did sef-ligating braces and as such had read up on the benefits of these. All I was ever asked re choice of braces was whether I wanted metal or ceramic, and being al...