Metal Mouth Message Board

Good luck! Hope it gets easier soon.

Good way of looking at it indeed! I like it.

Hi! I'm new too. I haven't got braces yet but need them, so I'm reading everyone's stories until I've worked up the courage.

Thanks. Even the idea of something foreign in my mouth that can't come out would have panicked me a year ago, but I'm hoping I'm past that point, or at least that I can make it until the point where it is worth it in the end. As long as I don't need extractions or jaw surgery, I think I can make it....

I'm mostly here to lurk, read everyone's stories and convince myself that I can do it. I've needed braces forever, but phobia has stopped me. I'm finally at a stage where I'm more scared of the consequences of not fixing my teeth than the braces themselves. I think.