Metal Mouth Message Board

Today I found a film lying around that I decided to get developed... (yeah I know, the old way.. who else actually still does this with spams these days! :lol: ) I've been in braces 8 months now. I look at my teeth everyday, and no matter how hard I try to convince myself, I feel as though there's o...

:D Thanks everybody for all your nice words! I didn't come here looking for sympathy, but you all have made me feel so much better. Also thanks to weird_wired... you are an absolute legend! :-** Wait until she has another go at me. lol.. I've taken mental notes from your post to completely jar her. ...

The other thing is - what's it to her even if it was purely done for vanity? If it makes you feel better about yourself then why not! My point exactly!!! :roll: Btw - where in Australia do you live? (if you don't mind me asking) Kirst I live in Central South East Queensland! haha. Narrows it down a...

Today my boyfriend's step mother came into my work and was having a conversation with another staff member who served her, about teeth and dental treatment and how much it costs, etc. I went over to say hello while they were in the midst of the conversation and sort of added my 2 cents agreeing how ...

Thanks everyone. Especially those pictures that was great. It's only been two days I guess since I had the adjustment and these springs on, so I probably should just be patient as well. haha. I can kinda see how they're going to work now, thanks to some explanations and I can kinda see my teeth movi...

What are they supposed to do? How do they work? :? I had my fourth adjustment yesterday morning, and my ortho put these spring things on the arch wire in between some of my bottoom front teeth that are being stubborn. These teeth are the main crowding issue in my case, and I haven't seen much improv...

lol... sorry guys... slightly edited a phrase and ended up posting twice.. eeek. Now who looks like a dope.

Though I've been concious of my crowding since I was a kid, I have had people say that I have a nice smile. Like someone mentioned earlier, it must be how genuine you are that comes through with the smile. But anyways, it wasn't until after I got my braces on that people said to me, "You have b...

Though I've been concious of my crowding since I've been a kid, I have had people say that I have a nice smile. Like someone mentioned earlier, it must be how genuine you are that comes through with the smile. But anyways, it wasn't until after I got my braces on that people said to me, "You ha...

I don't have a problem with other people brushing their teeth in public, but I myself wouldn't do it. I think public toilets are disgusting. I hate using them let alone brush my teeth in one. Urgh! It makes me sick thinking about it!

lol... I know that diagnosis you just described about your tounge is related to you teeth, but its so different and unheard of to me, it reminded me of my ortho when he went through my case and plan of attack with me before I got my braces on... He actually ended up referring me to a chiropractor, b...

I have a sore throat, so I decided to take a few chewable orange flavoured Vitamin C tablets so that I don't end up getting a major cold, but right now I don't care about the friggin cold.... They majorly stained my ligatures!! I'm so pissed coz I only got these new ones on at my last adjustment on ...

I don't know why the vanilla flavour is so special, but here's my routine on using my tooth mousse: After I've cleaned my teeth, I use a different, smaller tooth brush (that the orthodontist gave me), and use it to gently spread it along the surface of my teeth. Then I used my tounge to smooth it ar...

did you find that the baking soda and peroxide toothpaste discoloured your teeth? I found when I used it a few years ago (pre-braces of course), that my teeth seemed to turn a yellow colour... hmmm. Maybe it was another combination, but I'm pretty sure its the backing soda and peroxide toothpaste.

Hi! I'm not pregnant, but I've heard stories about teeth loosening and moving during pregnancy - not necessarily making a huge difference in some, in other cases causing crowing or whatever. My treatment is for 15 months, so I'll be long out of braces before I come to the stage of my life when I pla...