Metal Mouth Message Board

Yesterday was a trip. I have power chains on my bottom teeth and my canine is being pulled with so much force my whole mouth hurts. If it does not come out this time, I just don't know what to do. Just realised I stopped taking monthly progress pictures in April when the progress stopped. I didn't a...

Honestly, I am stuck at one place but I have mentally checked out for the moment - I want to see where they lead me. My ortho insists on pulling the tooth down but in my opinion it isn't budging. I have an adjustment on Monday so I will wait to hear what the next step is now. I hope it comes down on...

Oh! Shelleyt at least your treatment is moving forward now.

Being in 'limbo' is the worst feeling. Good luck with the rest of your treatment.

If l could go back l would do exactly what you want to do.

It's just been such a long process and to think things are going well for it all to just suddenly stop is annoying.

Anyway, Good Luck! Hopefully it will go better for you.

Hey guys! Great to catch up. No progress on my end and it's been 2 months... I am exactly where l was in August, April.... Still have a gap on my right side and the tooth is still shining through the gums taunting me. There is literally no explanation why it just stopped moving when it was progressi...

My ortho keeps telling me to be patient but honestly I am SO FED UP :-+ I would really love to go your route Whimsical because I am tired of the gap and it is so annoying, but mine is also so huge I wonder if closing it is even an option or l would need an implant. We have decided to wait another si...

@FutureOrthodontist Wow! Sounds painful! Mine is exactly where you seem to be describing, right on the gum and it hs been like that for about 6 months now - No eruption and very little movement. I am really really frustrated.... I think I will try the fingernail thing, but it does sound painful and ...

Mine hasn't moved either! It was moving very well last year and beginning of the year then it just stopped and won't break through the gums. I haven't felt it move in months yet the other one is fully grown and functioning well. Honestly I am considering the implant as well. I now have elastics to f...

Whimsical good luck to you! I just came from an adjustment and I honestly don't know what to do. They say my gum is too thick for the tooth to break through so I will be giving it 6 weeks to move and if it doesn't we will cut off something for it to find it's way :ThumbsDown: Sounds painful but if i...

Erin, good to know it's nothing serious. Hopefully you will feel better soon! The explanation does make sense though, my tooth was lodged behind bones too and they dug for it. I didn't experience a lot of pain but the gains of them drilling were amazing coz it's fully out now way before the other on...

Erin, Your surgery was 15 days ago? I healed in 5 days and was able to speak and eat soft food a few hours after the surgery. Not sure if you should be in this kind of extreme pain or if I was just lucky. I suggest you not wait long and schedule a check up with the surgeon ASAP. Feel better soon! :r...

Oh no Whimsical, you too? I am so frustrated. I used to feel my teeth shifting but right now this canine doesn't do anything. We are stuck on the very last link! My Ortho suggested making an incision on the gum and bonding a bracket but honestly it sounds painful, although could it be worse than wha...

Honestly, I am getting a little impatient with my right canine. The left one was way up and everyone thought it would be a problem coming down but it is all the way out now and has been bonded for about 2 months and looks and feels great. The right one though, the one that has been shining through s...

:jump: My left canine is now three quarters out! It now has a bracket attached to it and funny thing; it's the one they were worried about that came out first. Now the other one is still firmly in the gums but linked to the last chain and I sometimes feel it moving so I am not worried too much, alth...

Just got back from my first adjustment of the year! I am officially on the very last link for both of my teeth. Both canines are very close to the gums, one seems to be nearer as the area is swollen from it trying to break through. My ortho says by the next adjustment the teeth should be poking out ...