Metal Mouth Message Board

Good Morning!! has anyone had your Ortho use a thick wire bent in your top brackets to help close gaps between the lateral incisors?? I just got one on yesterday and boy am I in PAIN!!! Doesn't help that I am 5 months pregnant either....and can't really take any pain meds for it. I just thought he w...

No it didn't. now do you attach the ticker? In your signature on your profile?

I just tried it.....not sure if it worked.

I work as a dental assistant so I see teeth every day.....which was one of the reasons why I decided to get braces. Plus I have moderate crowding of my lower teeth and a crossbite. I guess I should have had braces when I was younger but my parents couldn't afford them. So I decided to do them now! B...

I got my braces on a week ago and I feel like I am starving because I can't chew anything well......my bite is messed up now and also I was chewing on brackets on the bottom left (ortho corrected that for me when I went back for my top brackets). I hope it does get a little easier or I will be eatin...

Hello! I have had my bottoms a week and my uppers for about 2 days. I am having issues eating things still but at least my cheeks aren't torn to shreds still from my top brackets! 11 months...so your teeth must look amazing already!

I just got braced last week and I had terrible cheek sores for about 3 days. All better now and I only used wax for maybe 1 day total after I got my braces put on. I didn't want to baby it either...so i toughed it for the most part.

The brackets on the bottom left wont let me bite down.....assuming the teeth need to move before I will be able too. Today is alot better than yesterday was! I am learning how to chew so I can eat things other than pudding or yogurt. LOL

I am 33 and just got my braces put on yesterday! Having a bit of a rough start but keep telling myself the end result will be worth it.

Going ok so far! The brackets on top have totally ripped my cheeks to shreds and nothing has seemed to help...silicone or wax included. I can't bite down enough to eat so I have been on a liquid/runny food diet since yesterday. My bottom arch just started hurting this afternoon but it's is totally b...

Hi everyone......I am new and I just got braces today. I am 33 and have wanted them done for a very long time! I got Damon metal and just the bottoms are done right now. my top molars have brackets but I need to get a temporary crown to replace the one i have right in front so my braces will work th...

Just wanted to post because I am new and getting braces. I am 33 years old. I am getting metal Damon Braces put on......I drink coffee so the ceramic or clear ones wouldn't work very well for me! I am both excited and nervous. The only reason I am nervous about it is that I have a crown on one of my...