Metal Mouth Message Board

Yum! It all sounds very good! Guess I'll have to try out different ideas and see which one I like the best. Just had 2 teeth extracted and am having complications already with that. A smoothie would be far preferable to eating anything nowadays.

I want to be ready for ANYthing, including the inability to eat! I don't even own a blender yet, but will get one when I would have some idea of how to use it :P I like the idea of putting several items into a blender, turning it on, and ending up with a nutritious drink when you can't eat. But what...

KK: "Expect the unexpected" is right! :D I feel more confident now that I don't know what to expect, strange as that sounds! I guess if I don't know what will happen, I won't know what to worry about in advance. But today is the point of no return. In just a couple hours, I have an appt. w...

Butterfly:

Thank you! That helps me know what to expect. The ortho didn't tell me anything about it yet.

I've been reading alot of posts here where someone says they just had their upper or lower teeth braced. Do orthos put the upper ones and lower ones on seperately? I always thought all teeth were braced at the same time! But is it done that way?

Well, thank you everyone! It's nice to know I'll only have to visit the ortho half as often as expected!

My ortho told me that my adjustments will be every 2 months. I thought people usually have it done every month. Is every 2 months really often enough?

I ask about chewing gum at my last consult because I saw on their literature that bubble gum is a no-no. But I chew Extra sugar free right now because I like that it unsticks food from my teeth after a meal. Someone here said it also sticks to braces. My ortho said that Carefree Koolers gum is suppo...

Wow! This all gives me alot to think about. I've never heard of wire ties before. I thought the only choice was ceramic or metal brackets. Considering what I've read here, I'll probably go with metal. Sounds like a more sure winner. I've got a bad overjet in the front, and would like to reduce the e...

Has anyone ever chosen to use metal braces instead of the ceramic ones, even though the ceramics are so much more invisible? Here are my reasons for possibly doing so in about a month, and someone can tell me if I'm wrong. I got this info. from a treatment coordinator at our local ortho office: 1. C...

Butterflies in my stomach? More like yellow jackets! I think I'll be braced in about a month from now, and I worry myself sick about it every day!

Hope this helps! LOL

Lucyloop: A whole hour?!?! I don't know how you manage that every single day! Makes it sound like the rest of us have it pretty good! :wink: I'm glad to hear that it would be Ok to have fillings done once my braces are on. I didn't want to get the braces, then discover 6 months later that I have ano...

Dear Doc: I'm now on the home stretch toward getting braces, but new questions arise around every corner. At my last consult with my ortho, I was told that I'll need to get all dental work (fillings, etc.) done before the braces go on. Now there's a problem with that: I seem to keep needing fillings...

Lucyloop:

I've got decay/erosion problems too! Dentist says that's why I need braces. But braces make it even harder to keep teeth clean, so I wonder if I'll defeat the purpose with them. A good brush will give me all the help I desperately need!

And thank you ALL for your input!

I've read much about the Sonicare brush on this forum, but when I went to the store to see it, I was astounded at the $100 price tag! Then I saw the cheaper electrics for $20, and all the way down to $5. They seem like the same thing: An electric motor spinning a circular brush head. Am I missing so...