Metal Mouth Message Board

congrats Lin on going ahead with braces and the surgery im sure it'll all be worth it in the end.......By the way i love your pictures theyre really neat!

hmmm i'll have to say that getting the molds was a rather interesting experience lol, the putty they used was rather of putting and gross it felt like i had mud in my mouth i guess but without the flavour, but as soon as it was done i got to rinse my mouth, getting the bottom one was rather funny, t...

i agree totally, when i was 13 (im nw 16) i went to an orthodontist near wher i live tht told me very few thngs and the price and treatment time. my mum has always been unsure of whether i should get thm becuz of the hole retainer thing bt a year later i managed to convince her to let me c an ortho ...

Well i have been lurking on this site for a while now awaiting to strt my journey into braces, and thought i would set up my braces story page hehe even though im nt getting them fo a lil while still but hey!. well i have had consultation and molds nd X-rays done and so far this is my story to strt ...

congrats on getting the wire ties, can either of you post a pick, as im unsure what the wire ties actually are, thanks very much if ya can

my consult was $50 nz, and then x-rays and molds was free and then $5200 nz for ceramic 6 upper and the rest metal.

My ortho told me i will get one bonded to the bottom and can get a bonded one on the top aswell if i want which im going to do. i think they can eventually come off after like 20-30 years or somthng not entirely sure on that one though

i have 28 teeth and x-rays show 4 wisdom teeth on the way

Im getting my braces soon and my orthodontist told me at my consoltation that i have xtra enamel on my second from the middle on the top tooth, which is why it sticks out,and part of the reason why i have an overbite, she said that she will gradually grind it back, and i was wondering A) does it hur...