Metal Mouth Message Board

Sorry it took so long for me to post again, but I went out of town for a couple of weeks. Thanks to everyone for their comments. My ortho knows I'm not psychologically in a place to handle this, so he's doing what he can to get my teeth in shape to take them off. I've had them for 16 months, and I'm...

I think the thing that I didn't expect was how much guess work is involved. If he tries to lower one tooth, the one next to it just gets too tall. Once it was so painful I thought it was going to pull the tooth out by the roots. And I'm sick of hearing, "Well...let me try this," or "I...

>Also, have you thought of this: you're a children's author and you have braces -- just like many of your readers. Imagine how good that would make a child feel about you -- that this adult lady can relate to them on yet another level? Since I do LOTS of school presentations to kids, I really though...

I think the problem is not so much that I'm sad than self-conscious. I do lots of presentations in front of large crowds, and I have to meet new people all the time. I hate that my braces are part of my "first impression."

I'm 51-years-old and have had my braces for fifteen months. It seems like an eternity. My self-esteem is at an all time low, and my teeth look worse now than before getting braces. Since I'm not psychologically in a place to handle this, my doctor is working fast to get my teeth back into a decent e...