Metal Mouth Message Board

Congrats on your journey to a perfect smile :) i started my journey 4 months ago and i still have my expander. The plan is to have it on for 6 months total which would mean 2 more months. But when i asked my orthodontist if it will be removed in 2 months he didnt answer my question. I am very please...

I had by brace taken off on Tuesday (3 months in), I had some work issues with redundancy threat, and really didn't want to be going to job interviews as an adult feeling self conscious of the metal. (I'm in England which is a bit more conservative than the states) The front teeth looked 95% better...

I think the decision to remove braces is case by case. One orthodontic office told me that the braces would need to be removed by my current orthodontist before starting treatment there. Another office i called said that it wouldnt be necessary to remove them. Since ive only had them in for a month ...

Thank you for your responses. I dont recall signing anything aside from the treatment plan that i mentioned. It mentions nothing about termination. Just the total payment, months, deposit and monthly payments. I got a new job with dental coverage after starting my treatment and i just learned that i...

I've been seeing this orthodontist for 4 months (since late October). I started off with an expander and just got braces a month ago. I came in for a tightening and I am seriously fed up with the incompetence of the assistants. I am getting treatment at a dental clinic that has an orthodontist come ...

During my appointment yesterday my ortho decided i was ready for bonding and i got my top braces. I still have my expander but it is not being turned. They took pictures and xrays before they put the braces on. My expander is bonded/banded to my 2nd molars and the braces are bonded up to my first mo...

I just got my top brackets bonded today and ive noticed a lot of excess glue on my teeth. Is this normal? I feel like the assistants at the office are being really lazy but i dont know if i should say anything. The actual orthodontist checks their work and he didnt comment on it so im not sure if it...

I was warned by an orthodontist that if I didn't get 4 teeth extracted prior to getting braces that there simply wouldn't be enough room to straighten my teeth so they would flare out. I decided to go with another orthodontist who warned me that if I did get extractions, my smile would stay very nar...

I'm 23 and will be getting my braces in a couple months. I'll be 24 by then. I have to wait for my palatal expander to complete its expansion before getting the braces.

I'm 23 and got my hyrax expander 3 months ago. I have noticed spaces and shifting of my bite. I only turned it 18 times over 2 months and my ortho says the expansion is complete. I'm a bit skeptical cuz I thought I would need to turn it more and expected to get a significant gap between my front tee...

Thanks for asking, ive been wondering about this myself but haven't been brave enough to ask the ortho staff.

Does anyone have advice about oral when you have an expander? I have a fixed palatal expander, it goes on the roof of your mouth. So far ive just avoided pushing anything back to far.

I had two orthodontic consulttions before starting treatment. I have overcrowding so to make more room for all my teeth one orthodontist recommended extractions. The other orthodontist which I ended up sticking with told me that I already had a narrow smile and if I went through with the extractions...

Sorry forgot to add that this was the cost for metal braces.

I live in Southern California (Hemet,CA) and I am paying $3,500 for my braces treatment. This orthodontist was against extractions (I have overcrowding) and suggested a palatal expander instead. The treatment cost is inclusive of the expander, braces, and retainers. My treatment time is 24-26 months...

I've been wearing a hyrax expander for 3 months now. The expander was recommended as an alternative to 4 bicuspid extractions. I didn't want to do the expander bc I knew I would have to wear it for 6 months and I wanted to get my braces on as quickly as possible. I also am skeptical that the expande...