Metal Mouth Message Board

Thanks for sharing. My ortho tells me I will have a good bite and truth to be told, compared to how it was a few months ago, it is getting better thanks to the spring coil. But I am still not happy as I did not have an overbite/overjet to begin with... Also my extraction gaps are not closed so I fee...

Hi all, I have been wearing my braces for almost two years and have realised that my lower teeth shifted way more than the upper one ( I had 4 extractions) and this caused an obvious overbite/overjet. Now I have a spring coil and will get elastics next time but was wondering if anyone had similar ex...

Hi all, I have had my braces on for around a year and a half. I had 4 extractions as well as TPA and lingual bar. From the progress pictures I see that my braces are slowly giving me an overbite... My upper teeth now cover my lower teeth to the point I see only half of my lower teeth. Also, my upper...

I had a total of 8 teeth extracted, 4 premolars and 4 wisdoms. I did notice my face becoming slimmer. I had a chubby round face but do not have a recessed chin. I actually have a rather prominent chin. I started out with my teeth protruding out of my mouth making my whole profile look like a duck :...

Hi all, I have been reading in some places that braces can change your face to an extent. I have overbite, slight lip incompetence, not very prominent chin and chubby cheeks (even though my body is skinny). I had extractions and my ortho plans to push my teeth back. I was wondering if this will hav...

Hi all, I have been reading in some places that braces can change your face to an extent. I have overbite, slight lip incompetence, not very prominent chin and chubby cheeks (even though my body is skinny). I had extractions and my ortho plans to push my teeth back. I was wondering if this will have...

I had a pretty bad deep overbite and protrusion, and I extracted a total of 8 teeth (4 wisdoms plus 4 premolars) before I was braced. I had 2 first premolars extracted at the top and 2 2nd premolars extracted at the bottom. My extraction spaces have since been closed (I'm a year and 4 months in). F...

Thanks for the reply! So you didn´t have extractions? I don´t understand why they are getting flared as there is space due to my extractions. Maybe I am just being impatient and need to wait a bit.

Hi all, First off I am so happy I found this site! It really helped me with so many questions :) However, I still have more. I have been braced for a year and 2 months now. My upper teeth always protruded a bit, but now with braces it seems that they have gone more bucky. My incisors used to go stra...

Thanks for the reply. I feel something is wrong too. I also think my ortho didn't place this wire properly. It should go like this https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nadia_Mohamed/publication/255972377/figure/fig2/AS:284690763272195@1444886976005/The-passive-lingual-arch-is-designed-to-rest-on-the...

I got my braces a few months ago and three months ago I got this thing called lingual arch which is basically a wire that is placed in my lower jaw, bellow my teeth and it connects molars that are banded. However, a month ago the flesh around this wire started to get swollen and puffy and now it see...

I have heard that the face tends to slim down with braces and cheekbones get more defined. Don't know if this is the case with the majority of people who wear braces, but I've came across quite often. It also depends on whether you had extractions.

Congrats!

Aswesome! This gives me hope my arch will get widened too.

I was 28 when they put installed all the metal stuff, and expected to have them on for 2 years.