Metal Mouth Message Board

To preface, I get anxious that if I look at my face wrong, it's just going to fall apart. So, bear that in mind as I post this question. I've posted a similar concern before. Just looking for people who have done something similar who can tell me about their experiences. I'm 5 months and 1 week (tom...

I'm so anxious every time I have to brush my teeth... I go really slowly, and I try to be super mindful of what I'm doing, but sometimes, you're just in a rush, and brushing your teeth is like, such an automatic thing that you don't pay attention... I'm just worried that my toothbrush is going to ge...

So today, I was flossing with that thin Glide kind of floss and one of those little plastic needle threader things and as I was threading it through my first molars, it got caught in between one of the surgical hooks and my bracket. This happened as I was pulling it through so it definitely tugged o...

Nozzelnut wrote: ↑Tue Feb 05, 2019 1:22 pm Pop away. You aren't going to do any damage with your fingers

Haha, just worried I pressed too hard right near the plates!

So, I'm sure I'm not the only one who's done this, but as I was taking my sweatshirt off last night, the upper part of my head got kind of caught in the hole as I was taking it off, so I tugged my face a bit in the process of getting it off. I'm 10 weeks post op today (Lefort I+ genio). Everything j...

Okay, I've read a lot about people struggling with post op acne. I've had a few little break outs, nothing terrible, but I never break out, so for me it's been frustrating. I'm 9 weeks and 5 days post op (UJS and genio), and yesterday, I just couldn't help myself, but I squeezed/pressed on a little ...

I was half asleep and took an Aleve (naproxen) in the middle of the night and went back to sleep. It wasn't until I was fully awake yesterday morning that I realized what I'd done. Has anybody else made this stupid mistake, and what happened? Did you have to postpone surgery? Obviously, I'm going to...

Hi Karla! I got ceramic braces put on my top teeth about 2 weeks ago. I actually insisted on having them put on versus the Invisalign. I've lost all faith in those dumb things. I think the ceramic ones actually look fine! My canines are already almost back to where they were pre-surgery, which is go...

Hey everybody! I am just over 3 months post op, djs (lefort 1, impaction for gummy smile, ivro + genioplasty) for a slight overbite... to be honest, I didn't have a ton of functional problems, and i was mainly concerned about my gummy smile and receded chin, the emphasis being on the gummy smile. I ...

My surgeon appointments post op were 1 week, 2 week and 4 week. The 4 week one was the best because he told me I could move to a soft chew diet and said at 6 weeks I can eat whatever I want :) My next appointment is at the 8 week mark. Hope you're recovering well!! How has your recovery been coming...

i survived the itchy gums! i just rinsed with salt water after every meal, brush gently with a baby toothbrush, and started using a water pik at about 1 week post op. I was given the green light by my surgeon, but I was told only to aim it at my teeth, so as to not accidentally disrupt any of the st...

haha i was about 5 days post op when I made this post, so I was paranoid about literally everything. I got used to the clenched teeth feeling. So far so good though, and now I'm at 9 weeks post op. At 6 weeks, my surgeon said everything looked great, and I was given the green light to go back to my ...

snapdresser wrote: ↑Sun Apr 29, 2018 7:55 am I was banded super tight like that and I healed up great

could you remove your bands for eating cleaning? i hate removing and putting them back on! I almost miss my wires... like my security blanket haha

thanks for the reassurance y'all!

I just got unwired after double jaw surgery, after being wired shut for a month with a splint, and now only have some tight rubber bands holding my bite in place. My OS removed the splint, so it's teeth on teeth contact now, and I am actually missing my splint because I hate the way this feels! So t...