Metal Mouth Message Board

I have self-ligating ceramics on top, metal on bottom (just passed the 5 month mark). I drink red wine, and eat lots of tomato based foods, and have had zero staining so far. On the bottom, I have traditional metal braces with ligatures. I've had gray, lavender, and pink ligs so far - I've tested cu...

Not me, but my good friend also currently has braces. She got braced in October, and she will be getting extractions sometime in the near future. So no, it doesn't seem to be outside the realm of normal to get extractions done AFTER being braced for awhile!

My ortho office has only one orthodontist and one location. The orthodontist makes sure to see and speak to every patient at every appointment, though the majority of the work is done by the assistants.

I floss every other night and Waterpik multiple times per day. On the nights that I don't floss, I do an extra pass with the waterpik using the "plaque seeker" tip. Not sure if that really makes much of a difference, but in my head it does. I had a dental cleaning a couple of weeks ago aft...

I personally had zero pain from my spacers, but I've read on here that many people experienced pain with them. Best of luck!

My husband has been my biggest cheerleader, and he's been encouraging me for years to get braces. Once I started my braces journey, he actually followed suit right behind me. He had braces when he was younger so his teeth are mostly fine, but he's had some teeth drift over the last 20 or so years th...

26 months for me.

I got my braces 2.5 weeks ago, ceramic on top and metal on bottom. My ceramics are self-ligating so no ligs needed, but I went with boring gray on the bottom because I didn't want to draw a ton of attention to myself. A couple of days later, I regretted not going with something colorful and fun! I s...

Let's see...I got floss, floss threaders, wax, a toothbrush, proxa brushes, a mouth mirror, a regular mirror, timer, and chapstick! All in a handy little carrying bag.

I do speak weirdly now with a slight lisp, but I think that's mostly coming from the bite blocks I had to have put on my front two top teeth. I think my speech would have been much less impacted if I didn't have them. That said, I don't notice that I'm spitting at people and nobody has recoiled from...

Welcome! I just got mine 2 weeks ago, and I was in the exact same place you are before getting them. Like you, I have ceramic on top and metal on bottom. I will say that I am a LOT less self-conscious about them than I thought I would be, so that's nice. I also have a job where I talk to a lot of pe...

Yes, I needed wax all over the place for the first week or so. I thought it would never get better! Then I spent the last few days sans wax, but today I've put some on again in the back due to poking wires.

Thanks, tartanhabit! Haha, I know, I feel like the bite blocks are their own form of torture. I think being in braces alone would be fine and easy breezy, but adding the bite blocks is just a whole new level of unfair. Ah well, I'm making it work! It takes me half as long to eat now as it did when I...

I got my braces on almost two weeks ago, and I have ceramics on top and metal on bottom. I'm super happy with my choice, though I think I still would have been happy with all metal. So far I've found that I'm not as self-conscious about having braces on as I thought I would be, so that's a pleasant ...

As others have said, it all depends on each individual! Personally, since getting my braces on 13 days ago, the only discomfort I've had is the brackets and wires irritating the insides of my cheeks. I was nervous because a good friend of mine got braces a couple of weeks before I did and she descri...