Metal Mouth Message Board

Zephyrine - love the song quote! I love BNL.

If you click on my www you can see purple on stained teeth ... apart from it being my favourite colour ... I do really love it on my teeth!

KK: Thanks for the pic! I really am leaning toward purple. I just hope it doesn't shock my corporate world bosses and co-workers too much!

Does anyone know what color ligs would complement slightly yellow stained teeth? I know the right lipstick color can make your teeth look whiter but what color ligs???

Thanks for the info. I will use that floss tip!

Oh yes - TMJ definitely makes your jaw hurt. I was having such pain at my jaw joint (it wasn't specific pain - like a really bad soreness) that it extended to my sinuses, neck and back. I went to my doctor all of the time thinking I had frequent sinus infections. She finally caught on after she was ...

Can someone please tell me what exactly will happen at my first adjustment? Since the "old school" wires that orthos used to manually tighten don't exist anymore, I don't know what to expect. Is he just simply going to look at my teeth?

Just wondering if you need braces to have perfect teeth or because of a problem. Reason is - my teeth look VERY similar to yours and I have braces due to a TMJ problem. I have worn my teeth (and bite) down due to excessive grinding.

Thanks Jimmy! Here is a pic.....

http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c170/ ... 05_001.jpg

I would post a pic but I have no idea how to do it since you can't upload directly from your pc. Glad to hear someone else has them at the bottom! And you're right - it does seem to have it's advantages - the brackets do not irritate my skin or puff my lip out! Upon further inspection, it looks like...

:( I just got braces today and they do not look like anyone's I have ever seen. The brackets are not placed in the center of my two front upper teeth like EVERYBODY else in the world. I have large front teeth and have plenty of space so they could have been placed in the middle. Does anyone else hav...