Metal Mouth Message Board

Wow ! You've had amazing progress. Your bottom teeth have straightened out a lot. They're almost perfect.

I totally get you on the changing your mind part. As soon as I got my braces on, I was like "I made a huge mistake!" It's really hard to adjust to the way you look when you just get them on but it gets better ! I'm at week three and I honestly don't even notice them anymore. Post pics soon!!

Good luck on getting your braces tomorrow! I don't have an answer to your question but trust me your ortho will find a way. My ortho told me teeth are Very porous and that's why it's so easy to bond the brackets on!

My ortho only used Damon's. One thing I'll say is that they are much smaller and nicer looking, in my opinion, than traditional braces. I do feel like I'm missing out on colors though :cry: I am three weeks into braces and honestly it's not painful at all. I have never had traditional braces so I ca...

Here are pics taken on my official one week anniversary. I have seen some very small changes. I do have pictures from day one but I'm too lazy to upload them at the moment :oops: ! I hope to get the chance to do so tomorrow and also share with you my experience getting braced and how my first week w...

Hi everybody!!! As someone who loved reading braces stories on here the month before I got braced, I have decided to share my own story in as much detail as possible. Hopefully it will help someone who is waffling on deciding on whether or not to get braces. In fact, I was thisclose to getting invis...

Awesome! Its refreshing to know i'm not the only one. Are you posting about your own journey as well? If you are post your link so i can follow. Good luck to you too. I hope too! I've been reading and researching everything I can. I only have 11 days to go. It's really crazy how similar out situati...

Omg. Your story is very similar to mine. I'm 24 and am also missing an upper canine and have had root canals. I get braces on Feb 5th.

Post pictures! I'll be following your story very closely ! Lol. Good luck!

I am 24, from NYC and going to be getting Damons top and bottom in less than a month.

I am paying $5890 for Damons metal on top and bottom. That did not include my records appointment which was $350 nor does it include my bottom bonded retainer and upper essix retainer which will be $470.

I'm excited for you! Post pics when they're finally off. I'm sure you are going to love your smile.

I am getting mine at the age of 24. Wish I had got them as a kid.

I hope you feel better soon. Once you start seeing changes, this will all be worth it!

I had molds, a panoramic xray and a cone beam CT, even tho my ortho has several digital scanners that he advertises (I guess only invisalign patients get those.) I was most scared of getting the molds done because of all the horror stories I read on here. Even the tech spent ten minutes trying to me...

I am feeling the exact same way! It's such a huge expensive decision. I know that when they first go on, it's probably going to be a big shock and we may feel pangs of regret but watching our teeth change is so going to be worth it. I'm excited for you and I hope everything goes well!