Metal Mouth Message Board

I think Karen was actualy working in counseling before, she knows how to talk to people and always takes the time too.

Yes, I am defiantely gratefull we have her

Karen, think here, business oportunity, printing and selling T-shirts with your name and to your fans...

From the UK. Just wanted to add that i was "trained" to do my own ligs too, and my ortho gives me the ligs. I had to ask for this tho. No problem, the ortho showed me what i need to do and even gave me a tool. It is one of those tweezers that lock, you can even get them at DIY stores. It i...

Nice avatar Pagey! I had my "whatsits" glued on and the wires in on the same day, top and bottom. I guess it may be different at other orthos, why don't you give them a call and ask what is happening when. Also, friendly advice, get paramol from Boots, you may need it the first night or tw...

I am in Guildford, so not too far from London. Have seen two more adults at my ortho office and another few around town. Yup, it is becoming fashion in Guildford !

The pain is normal. The first day I got elastics I got yet again my usual powerchains. The pain from the powerchain on its own was a killer but as I went to sleep every tooth was banging. Took the elastics off and didn't wear them for two days, to give the powerchains time to finish their torture. P...

I used to get so worried about eating curry and staining in the first 2 months or so. Then I went for colour and found that loved the red ligs as you can eat anything and not worry. Now I have to wear the long powerchain, the one that streches from one side to the other and over every bracket. My or...

The first 6 weeks of me getting them I changed them 3 times a day. Then I got so fed up with wearing them during the day, you know when you talk and they rub, that I now compromise. I don't wear them in the day but I wear 4 instead of 2 during the night (double power) and it feels really weird in th...

I am 26 and had mine for...hmmm.....let me post so I can see the ticker.....So far I have seen 3 other passers by in Surrey having the metal braces. I think that is why I noticed them in the first place. Anyway since my hand started suffering the carpal tunnel syndrome I have kind of forgoten for a ...

Just in time for dating too.

Congratulations

Do not despair!!! I have been in braces over 5 months. 4 Gaps to close. The bottom kind of speeded and one of them has about 1 mm left and the other 3mm. I tought the top were not moving at all but then the last 6 weeks they did close half way, maybe more. Powerchains were on since day one but I thi...

Well, I had my adjustment yesterday, and there is me chatting away with the ortho on how much my teeth have moved....So I said are we still looking at the time before christmas this year, and he seemed confident that they will be off before then. Then again, I do realise it all depends on how my tee...

Copper is not a metal that you will like to have in your mouth.
Save yourself symptoms of food poisoning, I know is not big amount of metal but it is still poisoning.

Funny.... When I went to have my four extractions I don't think I could even feel my mouth was open from all the injections. So here we go, pull and the first is out. Pull again, there is me waiting to see the second one only to hear my dentist say "you can let go of my fingers now". Consi...

The pain in my teeth shifts too. Some days one hurts like it's being hit, then settles, then another one, or few in the same time. Appart from the general painkillers that you can take as combination of paracetamol and iboprofen there are still painkillers you can take that are already combination o...

Fed up with the NHS and how they treat you. I had to have surgery on my eye lid and was all booked up after 6 months waiting on the list. Taken days off work, turn up, only to be told on the day of my surgery that is best left alone. Give it 6 months and reconsider was the advice.I decided to go pri...