Metal Mouth Message Board

I had my bottom braces and bite plate fitted almost four weeks ago. It's been quite an adjustment to eating but I'm managing to get by without too many complications, however, I find I have to adjust my bite plate about once a week to keep it from getting too loose. When I'm eating, it will sometime...

Big coffee drinker here! I try to sip some water while I'm drinking my coffee just to rinse my choppers off while I enjoy my caffeinated goodness. I get some staining even with good brushing habits but the stains are mostly relegated to the inside of my teeth and everything else stays relatively cle...

I have my top braces in already but I'm getting bottom braces put on in two or three months and I can't see how I'm not going to chew the brackets off. I'm hoping that I have some room cleared up by then. Does biting brackets off happen that often and does it hurt at all?

I'm 39 and just got my top braces put on. Other than the first week being a little painful (but not unbearable at all), the whole experience has been a breeze. Having an ortho that seems to genuinely care has made everything seem easier. Hopefully your experience will be just as easy and breezy.

1 month down, 23 to go here.

I only have top braces at the moment but it only took between 20-30 minutes to get all of the hardware secured onto my choppers. I was amazed at how quick it went.

Greetings Sehub, I'm a newb here also but I spent a good deal lurking on here before I got my braces. After I was braced, I went ahead and joined up. The information passed along here has been great and very helpful. It's made the experience a little easier. Since I'm so new into being a member of t...

I've only had my top braces on for a couple of weeks also but I have noticed how the pain/pressure has been cycling through different teeth so far. The first week, my social six were in some mild pain but in the second week the pain shifted to the molars. I'm not sure if that is the way they're supp...

1. Charleston, South Carolina (USA)
2. $6000
3. Metal top already in place and metal bottom to come in a few months (along with anterior bite plane for correcting deep bite)
4. 24 months

I had my tin grin installed a little over a week ago and I'm just getting used to it. I lurked on this forum for about a week before I got braced but I just decided to join this week. The advice and insight on this forum have been great so far. I'm hoping to add some more color to my ligatures on ne...

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1. 24 months
2. Metal on top/metal to go on bottom teeth in 4 months
3. I've only been in them for a week but I already noticed things moving a little bit.

I will also have to wear an anterior bite plane to help out with my deep bite.