Metal Mouth Message Board

I have mine for a crossbite, I haven't been able to keep them on while eating without swallowing one. I also take them off when my tounge is really cut up and I need a break because wax will not stay on the button with the rubber band moving around.

Just curious if anyone else needs to call up their ortho weekly to go in and have brackets replaced/ wires reattached. It's always something popping out that I need to go in for, unless I stick to a strictly liquid diet which my ortho says I shouldn't have to. The funny thing is my ortho was telling...

I decided not to go that route, put up with a few days of dangling false tooth and hoping there won't be any more

I lost one of my upper front teeth awhile back, my dentist says it may have been because of stunted roots due to wearing braces as a teen. Healthy gums, but very loose teeth. I was surprised that the treatment advised for my loose teeth was to have another go at braces. So now I have a false retaine...

First couple weeks of braces I decided not to chew food at all, this worked ok but I list a lot of weight. Now I've been trying small bites or soft food like pasta or salmon. Cut an apple into little pieces. My wires are snapping off almost daily. Everytime I go in to get it fixxed it seems like the...

My concern before braces were that my teeth were extremely loose and some could be easily been plucked from my gums like flowers. Xrays showed what looked like a huge hole on the left side of my upper jaw, the one molar in that quadrant of my mouth shifting onto it's side. I had braces in my teens b...

Not sure if it would help if the twitching is in fact due to braces, might be worth checking out. I used to get facial twitches, usually my left eye twitching but not enough for anyone but myself to notice. I started drinking a couple glasses of tonic water daily and that seemed to help. I try to ge...

In hindsight I should have gone to several orthos before getting braced. Perhaps I was too focused on costs and insurance. In the first consultations my ortho said he "only" uses Damon. I had no idea what that meant. Now I'm wondering if I should have gone to an orthodontist that offers a ...

Thank you, that does help. I'd love to have a better understanding of the mechanical specifics. Not knowing how something works, esp something attached to my face, tends to nag at me.

I'm really hoping my braces, and then implants, will even out the shape of my face. I'm missing several teeth on my upper left side and at least one tooth on my lower right. The left side of my face looks bulkyer and the right side appears thin. I would love to get evened out, though I went into thi...

After getting my braces on (3 days ago!) I was amazed the ortho told me to set my appointment for 12 weeks out. He said I don't need to come in for adjustments more than that because the Damon brackets move the wire themselves. I'm trying to picture how exactly this works, but I can't figure it out ...

Switched to stuffing cotton balls in my cheek to sheild the wire from my flesh. Ate some watermelon today and some mashed up tuna. Counting down to Monday morning when I can go back to have my end bracket reglued. Need to be more frugal with wax, 3 days in and I've used 2/3rds what they gave me.

I suffer from mental illness, psychotic episodes and major depressive episodes. Before making the decision for ortho, my mental health circumstances were carefully considered along with everything else. Honestly, I *am* kind of afraid I may rip off my braces if I slip into psychosis. It's more likel...

I'm on day 2 of my second go around at braces. I actually kind of like how they look, certainly plays up my youthfulness and I suspect may have helped win over a respondent at work today. This morning I took off my wax before brushing and the bracket on my back molar came off with it, leaving a long...