Metal Mouth Message Board

I've been shopping orthos the past couple of weeks before I choose one to do my mouth. I've seen three so far and they've all said basically the same thing about my problems. However, the one I saw today mentioned something new -- that I'm tongue-tied and that is the root of my teeth problems. She s...

Ok, I saw the second guy today, the one my dentist recommended. Very different experience. The office is tiny and straightforward, just a few dentist chairs. The ortho comes in, doesn't even introduce himself or shake my hand, just sticks this dirty looking mirror in my mouth. Then he says what I al...

Thanks for your advice. I'm going next week to the guy my dentist referred me to, so we'll see what he says. Here are the photos they took today. You can see how my jaw is offset and the lower cheek is a little more pulled in on one side. The ortho drew on the pic to show where my top and bottom tee...

So I saw an ortho today who seemed top notch -- great staff, beautiful, clean office and nice technology. He told me my problems were much worse than I thought. All I wanted was braces on top because I have a bicuspid that never came down. But he says my whole bottom jaw is out of whack and needs to...

Thank you for your replies. Maybe I will want new ones anyway... I'd also like to whiten my "real" teeth and get whiter veneers. I guess since there's only two it won't be too terribly expensive. I'll have to ask an orthodontist, I suppose. Another question I have: did you all look around ...

I've seen lots of posts about people getting porcelain veneers after getting their braces off, but I'm in the opposite situation. I had veneers put on my two front teeth four years ago after I fell and chipped them. At the time, it was the quickest fix and since I was in college, I just wanted somet...