Metal Mouth Message Board

I'm ready to be done as well. 1.5 years in them, and probably another 8 months left. Some of the added time is my fault - I put off getting TADS, the main component of my treatment, until this Jan. So now we're doing this heavy-duty movement of my lower third molars, and wow, talk about screwing up ...

ItsFreyja, Thanks for your response. You're right, I am having a LOT of work done. Truthfully, I'm not sure where to go with my braces at the moment & this tooth is a wildcard. I'm scared. I will talk with my ortho hopefully this week. Also, I know that the teeth can't be rushed into their new p...

bbsadmin, That would make sense, except this happens when I've only opened my mouth to sip orange juice & brush my teeth. On another forum someone had this same issue & speculated that maybe the arch wire was too weak. My ortho does believe in slow/gentle forces. I wonder whether I should br...

Hi, all So in my first post, I complained about a third molar that's been giving me trouble. Well, something I've noticed is that when I wake up in the morning this tooth has moved into a much better position, one that allows me to rest my jaw with my lips together & no teeth touching. Within mi...

Thank you all so much!! My bite has settled into something mostly reasonable, but I'm still using unnatural force to keep my lips together. I hope it gets better soon. I will definitely be talking to my ortho about this and more.

Can't wait for these to be OFF!

Hi, all I'm 28-y/o and have been braced (Damon's) since November to correct, among other things, a crossbite, rotation and spaces between several front teeth. I'm also missing quite a few back teeth; the goal is to place TADS on the remaining molars to pull them forward to reduce the number of impla...