Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi Wazza - I've had braces for about 6 months now, and it was only the first week that I had any difficulty. What Karen says about salt water and wax is true; you can also take ibuprofen if the soreness is too much. I ate a lot of soup the first week.

At least at my office, the ortho makes all of the decisions on what to use ahead of time, and then confirms it or changes it once he's seen me. So during my first two adjustments, the assistant already had the new archwires (of a specific and increasing large size) laid out and ready; the ortho stop...

Thanks Karen! Hi Shawnie - the real problem with my baby molar is that it's starting to subside (i.e., sink back down below the gum); my dentist warned me a few years ago that it would eventually need to be extracted. It's also much lower than the teeth on either side of it - if those teeth are 10mm...

Hello everyone - I'm a 41-year-old man who just had braces put on on Nov. 30, to correct various issues, including a mild overbite, a mild overjet, some crooked teeth throughout, some crowding in my lower teeth, and, most notably, a prominent gap between my top front teeth (which may have recently w...