Metal Mouth Message Board

Wow! That's a great progress, Shelby! I really hope my treatment will work as fast as yours! I want the same four teeth to get back as soon as possible

Thanks a lot, your post was very helpful!
Jess

I am a class II, division 1, anybody else fit this bill? LoL I do. Awful overjet, finally getting braced around December 14th. Is the progress noticeable around six months? Do the teeth move a lot? I guess that is what will happen to my teeth since my overjet is quite big...I think that any pressur...

Thanks! it is really helpful to have your points of view. I guess I will go on with the metal brackets. I have the option of changing them for the clear ones in the future...I will consider that just because I really like the way they look! Drazda, looks like we were on the same situation. How do yo...

Hi! I have been reading a lot on this forum about the clear vs. metal braces issue, and I think that the best is, as many of you suggested, to go with the kind of brackets my ortho manage the best. He recommended to me the metal brackets over the clear ones, and I don't mind, since I am fully determ...

I don't have my braces on yet (I am surely getting them around December 14th) and I am still a little scared, but reading your posts made me laugh so loud that my cat is now staring at me as I am crazy... :D :D These things take my fears out, because I can see now that there isn't only pain...There ...

I am sorry for the delay in answering your posts, but I didn't have access for this site for over a week! I don't know what happened, my internet service, perhaps? I was starting to get REALLY scared of not being able to talk to somebody about the new "braces time" that I am going to start...

Hi everyone! I am so happy that I found this website and forum! It really help me to take this step, long awaited and feared at the same time. I am finally made up my mind: I am getting braces for two to three years! Since I was a teenager (I am 29 now) I have been hating my smile. I used what I cal...