Metal Mouth Message Board

hi, definitely invest in some chapstick!! I like the fruity kinds...I find that burts bees makes a great chapstick which has a peppermint kind of zing to it and that one really soothes my lips. sometimes after an adjustment I'll swipe the chapstick on the inside of my upper lip and it kinda tingles ...

hi genxsis-I gotta give you credit for have 8 molar bands-I only have 6 of them! Anyways, I haven't touched any of the molar bands or tried to do anything myself. My feeling is that you're paying this dr. a lot of money and they need to do what you want done. If something isn't comfortable-they need...

jaws -thanks for your post! It looks like you're kinda in the same situation as me. Someone else is in my club!!! :D :D Has your orth told you if you have to wear headgear?? Cause I have a feeling when the expander comes off then I'll have to wear the headgear-but am too afraid to ask him cause I've...

Hi, I'm hoping someone could help me with a problem I encountered this morning when I was at a routine cleaning. They said I was doing a good job brushing & flossing which is great! :) Then the assistant said she had to call the dr. in to look at a banded molar because it looks like the start of...

hi! I'm going on about 5 months of elastics right now....they're being used to correct my bite & it's working great!! I do believe that elastics are towards the end of the treatment b/c I ask my orth at my last appt. and he said I have about 1/2 year to go!! good luck-I have the basketball ones ...

thanks for all the help & tips! I ended up growing my fingernails out and that seems to be the best thing that's helped me! I use the nail to hook it around the other end of the button.

echo-that's the coolest website! colored elastics are so cool!

ttyl, renee

Hi! I found a waterpik helped me out alot with getting food that's lodged up there out. Also, on the go-I use the proxy brushes-I still use those everyday! As far as the pain-salt water and listerine really helps me out. Get the stuff that really makes your eyes water (mint!)-when I use that a few d...

thanks for the encouragement! It's hard to live w/this thing this long-but I agree w/sue from nj it has to come out someday! You're right-someday all of this will be taken out!!!! I just get so discouraged sometimes-esp. when I have bad days. Marguerite did you say your going to be on your 2nd expan...

Hi, I actually have battled 2-3 infections in my mouth over the past 1 1/2 yrs. & I was fortunate enough to not have my bands taken out. He was able to get the food out without taking the bands off. I too take extremely good care of my teeth and was upset when this happened-especially when it ke...

I guess nobody's in my only-lonely club. I'm really bummed out at this point that it hasn't gotten taken out yet. 1 year and a half and this darned thing needs to come off. It's making my life miserable and I was hoping that at least one person out there was part of my club :( I must be the worst cr...

I agree w/everyone-the threader floss (crest) is the best! I use 2 pieces of floss a night...the crest one and the one by oral b which is a 3 in one floss: the threader, the "cotton floss" good for spaces, and regular floss at the end. I have major spaces constantly from teeth moving aroun...

I'm amazed that some of you guys can actually turn the key yourselves! I know I had to have my husband do it-poor guy-but I never could do it myself.

Metal Mouth Guy, you're the best!! Thanks so much for pasting that link on the post!!

Hello, I've read on this site about a plastic "hook" that helps getting the elastics on easier. I've asked my Ortho and he said to use tweezers-which don't work for me. Does anybody know of a website where I can purchase this hook? I would really appreciate this info!!!
Renee

I totally feel everyone's pain on this post! I'm wearing 4 at a time now-2 out of the 4 are behind the teeth elastics which are extremely difficult to put on. They do work though-when they say "all the time" they really do mean all of the time. I've been wearing 4 for a week now and the pa...