Metal Mouth Message Board

Thanks for your response. What is stopping you from clenching? I only have my uppers on, so at night, I still clench away. He said about 12 months, but I'm going to try to push him on that. I don't need a Hollywood smile. I'm a writer. I have an overbite, and my front teeth have slanted back so, the...

Hi: Thanks for your response and the links. I will check them out. How do you know your discs are displaced? My ortho theorized that but nothing was checked. Part of my problem is, I now realize, is that he isn't volunteering alot of information. I need to press him more. I know he's pulling my fron...

Hi: I recently had braces put on my uppers to solve, I hope, my TMJ problems. I have not been able to fully open my mouth since last spring and have muscle spasms in my face and neck. I also clench in my sleep, which exacerbates the spasms greatly. The braces, of course, do nothing to stop my clench...

It's the braces themselves that bother me. I've adjusted pretty quickly to how they look, which was a surprise. I appreciate all your responses and your candor. I feel my orthodontist misrepresented how uncomfortable the braces would be, and certainly didn't warn me about the initial adjustment. If ...

I got only my top braces about two and a half weeks ago. I was orginally concerned about how they would look, but now I'm consumed by how they feel. Not only does it feel like I have a hub cap in my mouth, but I feel pressure on my face as if I have a sinus infection. I've had to take a nap nearly e...