Metal Mouth Message Board

The ligs I've been getting seem to do OK. I never think about staining while eating. love tea, curry, all kind tomatoe sauces, cola and I smoke. Still, they don't stain that bad. I change them every four weeks. Week 1 - all clear, week 2 - cloudy, week 3 - stains, so only one week in stains without ...

Since I started the process of consultation and teeth extractions I haven't stoped going on about it. Day one in braces and my best friend saw me and said they look great. Now she has seen the movement and became aware of her two crooked teeth on the bottom. Yes, she is having braces put on early ne...

My first wires were so thin silver. people were not able to see them unless I got very close to their faces. Now I have heavy metal wires, I notice them and the people I have told about my braces notice them too. most important thing is my teeth notice them as well. I have seen so much improvement s...

Week ago I had my work christmas party. It was in a very posh place so put on a big dress, glitter on my eyes....the lot. Two days later I saw the pictures. Big green on all of them and doesn't look bad at all. Ten years later you will look back at the photos and be proud of what you did.

I had both number 4 upper and both number 5 lower extracted. Four weeks later braces were on. I would suggest not to extract the impacted wisdom teeth at the same time. I was going to do that and would have been 7 teeth out ( i only have 3 wisdom teeth) but glad i didn't. It was hard enough to eat a...

I have to agree too. The letter is ok for a vent but sending it is not ok. Contains a lot more than it needs. It makes you "moan, moan, moan...patient". If you need to vent here is the forum for it. As for the braces with hooks, you should have stood up then and insisted on waiting for the...

Well I have four powerchains to close my extraction gaps and move teeth back. I went today for ligs change only but a bit more happened. The bottom teeth are moving better and closing the gaps but the top are slower. So, in goes a new arch wire and shorter chains, boy i can feel that. Maybe you need...

Yup i had 4 out too. The gaps for me have already started to get smaller, goody! I didn't like smiling at first as i was so aware of my gaps showing. Now that the braces are on I don't have that problem, I smile and show off everything.

Well I had the small little preety wire to start with too. After seven weeks I got very heavy one on the top. My top teeth had lined up so it is now the power of the big and mighty to close extraction gaps. I am getting the same on the bottom in 6 weeks since teeth there were a bit more messy but co...

I don't know if you know but there are these plastic tubes that go over your brackets and wire. They don't cover your teeth, only the braces, and they come in different colours. Maybe try and find those until your lips heal, and follow Karen's advice there. You can see how they look like on this web...

I had to have four premolars out, all at once by my choice. Couldn't talk after that for an hour (imagine). Couldn't eat properly for a week :cry: I am doing OK with the braces. First two days they were painfull but then the pain stoped and i got used to them. Also I had wire change this week so tha...

Welcome to the forum! You sound a little worked up about the whole thing. It is not half as bad getting braced up as you would think. On the scale from 1 to 10 pain and discomfort, and fear, 1 being the worst, I would say: 1. tooth extraction 2. filling 5. cleaning 10. getting braced As for the pain...

Is the idea to convince your mother to pay for the braces? Has she got the money to pay for them? Maybe there is a bugget issue here that she is trying to push and your braces don't seem priority 1 to her. And why should they? If you are 26 you shouldn't run to mum for approval or money. You can bla...

Try clove oil, makes it all numb but tastes like, like....like
And you wouldn't prefer pain, trust me!

and I am in too.....at last