Metal Mouth Message Board

hello! At my last adjustment my dentist put on a stronger archwire on my bottom arch, and told me he was "torquing the roots". Not exactly sure what this means. Is this normally done closer to the end of treatment? As far as I can see, my lower teeth are practically perfect now (though I d...

wow, I can't believe it's been 7 months since I posted on here! That's just crazy. Braces are working out really well. I get the sense that I am almost done, as my dentist is having me join him at his Orthodontic Study group at the university for my next appointment. He told me at the beginning of m...

just a quick update: Lots of movement with my teeth. I should be having some slenderizing done when I go for my next adjustment on April 5. My mouth is completely used to the braces now. I haven't needed wax or salt water rinses for over 3 weeks now. I'm moving into my own place on April 4. That is ...

Well, a lot has happened in the past few days, and none of it is braces related. My marriage is ending. My husband and I are seperating. I'm moving out on my own for the first time in my life. It's pretty scary. So, now I am facing the next year and a half in braces while being alone (that is, if we...

Well, yesterday was my 1 month anniversary of getting braces. I'm happy to report that for the most part, I'm quite used to these things now. They still slice up the inside of my lower lip when I have to talk too much in a day, but I usually load all of my brackets up with wax at night to give the t...

Oh my goodness, someone shoot me now please. My teeth hurt so much. So I went to my ortho yesterday and he decided that since I was there, that they would just do an adjustment. So he switched me up to a "working" wire (his words). It seems that the first archwires I had were not very stro...

Yay! I just got a call from my ortho! Turns out they are in the office today but just missed my call. They want to see me today at 4pm. Phew!

Well, last night I tried to sleep with wires poking me and it just didn't work. I got so fed up around 2am that I got out of bed and clipped my archwire on both sides up to the next tooth. Ah, relief! (though I am waxing the heck out of the milimeter or so of archwire that is still poking out the ba...

So, I've had my braces for 3 weeks now. Tonight, my bottom archwire slipped out of both sides of my last brackets, and my 6th molar bracket on the left side popped off. I have several centimeters of archwire waving around on either side of my mouth. It's not a pleasant sensation. It happened only a ...

Congratulations! Welcome to the club.
For me, my teeth were tender around dinner time the night I got them on, and the next day was really sore. I started feeling better after the third day.
I look forward to watching your progress!

Personally, I would get the braces. You have a wonderful smile, but just think of how gorgeous it will be once your teeth are even and straight! 2 years isn't that long, compared to the rest of your life. :) I've had a lot of people ask me why I got braces, because my "teeth aren't that bad&quo...

Well, 9 days in and I'm experiencing my first "emergency". Well, not an emergency, I guess, but it is uncomfortable. The archwire slipped out of my 7th molar bracket. I was taking a glob of wax off the bracket before I brushed my teeth and I guess it somehow pulled the archwire out with it...

I have a feeling that you actually mean clear brackets, and not ligs... My ortho doesn't offer anything except for the traditional metal brackets either. I feel for you!
What about having the grad photographer airbrush out your braces?

My archwire just popped out of my 7th molar bracket. My ortho didn't put any ligs on my 7th molars, so I guess it wasn't held in there very well. I've tried to put it back in, but I'm just making a mess of my cheek. I left a message at my ortho's office, but they aren't back in the office until Tues...

Thank you belmikry!