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- Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:12 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Braces finally off
- Replies: 2
- Views: 770
Braces finally off
Just thought I would share that after 3 years and 15 days I finally got my braces off!!!! I am an older patient (50+) so everything moved a little slower, I guess. I read this board a lot the first few months and gleaned a lot of information and moral support during this adventure with braces. I hav...
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 4:03 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Intro and question: When do you get a debanding date?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1738
I, too, wanted to know a debanding date and unfortunately the last little adjustments in bite etc can take a lot longer than anyone can guess. I was originally told about 2 and1/2 years and yesterday I finally got them off after 3 years and 15 days. Yippee. At one point I thought I might die of old ...
- Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:42 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: I hate these stupid braces!
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7560
Feel free to whine to friends! My first weeks in braces were the same as yours. My molars didn't meet and chewing was almost impossible. I thought I had made a big mistake but with four teeth removed, there was no going back! In a few weeks chewing will get easier. After 7 and 1/2 months I am not co...
- Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:50 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: new brackets
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1191
- Mon Aug 21, 2006 1:55 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: new brackets
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1191
new brackets
On my last appointment they put brackets or bands on my last molars--spacers the week before. Up until this time they were naked but all of the rest of my teeth were bracketed and archwired together. The rub is they didn't bother attaching anything to them. Has anyone had this happen? I certainly di...
- Fri Aug 11, 2006 6:59 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: 40 yrs and getting braces
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3181
It has been most encouraging to me to know that as an over 40 person I am not alone. Its pretty bad when your kids are all through with braces and you are just starting. But I always thought the kids teeth came first. It has been frustrating at first having 4 teeth pulled and getting the braces but ...
- Sun May 28, 2006 4:32 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: newbie and I can't talk!
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2499
Just to add my two cents. I did talk funny at first then things improved somewhat and now I don't speak as well again. It has been almost five months since I got braces and I think things will probably change some more as time goes on! When this is all done I hope I can talk as well as when I was Ms...
- Fri Mar 31, 2006 4:01 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: I have a LISP now??!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1919
The lisping I have noticed seems to come, get better and get worse again. I imagine it is because my teeth have been moving and bite changing. Right now it is in one of those bad times and it is so annoying. This has been quite a journey and I have a looong way to go. I just hope I reach a point whe...
- Tue Mar 14, 2006 6:51 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Another Day Another Bite...
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1436
- Thu Mar 09, 2006 4:35 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Braces at 47!
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2062
Welcome to the 40's club. Just got my second adjustment today. Things are moving slowly--the bottom wire changed today. I swear my bite changes constantly. My closed mouth position is still not comfortable. I do wake up at night trying to find a way to close my teeth, if that makes any sense. Still ...
- Sun Feb 26, 2006 11:55 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Have you learned to swallow barely chewed food?
- Replies: 24
- Views: 3537
I can certainly relate to all of these stories. At first because I could hardly chew I had a hard time with anything other than soups and ground up food. Gradually I have been eating other things and I find that I can swallow food that probably isn't chewed up that way it is supposed to be. I, too ,...
- Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:24 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Arch wire
- Replies: 2
- Views: 765
Arch wire
After my first adjustment, I made sure the ends of my arch wire weren't poking me in the cheek. I was so happy not to have to use wax. Now about ten days later one side is "poking" into my cheek especially when I eat. Is it possible that the wire has moved back or is this all in my mind!
- Mon Feb 13, 2006 10:14 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: First adjustment!
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1038
First adjustment!
I had my first adjustment today. Went well--they just changed the wire on the top. :( I thought they would change both. We did take pictures( at home) on day one and just today and after comparingthe two sets there has been a very little bit of movement! Patience is not one of my virtues! The best p...
- Sat Feb 11, 2006 3:07 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Do I have a dry socket
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3088
If you are having pain in only one area and it is about three days after extraction go have it checked out! I have had 2 dry sockets--one many years ago after 4 wisdom teeth removed. The first time I didn't know what was wrong. I finally called the oral surgeon and it was determined that I had a dry...
- Wed Feb 08, 2006 4:17 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Kids didn't think I was a geek!
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1901