Metal Mouth Message Board

i have been braces since may.2005, so far so good, my teeth are all straight, except still using rubberband to close my two gaps (one from upper left and one from upper right), is that normal taking so long to close it?? both gaps are next to the upper molar teeth. when all the teeth are closing nic...

I start having my elastic on Friday 2/9, i m fine, i got no feeling at all, just the little headache on the first hours, then no more feeling after that, i took tynenloy and i don't even know it is there now. It is on my left side only, i forgot to ask how long i have to wear it. Anyone who wear ela...

So u think this is normal, Michelle??

Does anyone have the same problem i have? I have been in braces for 7 months, now my mouth is hardly opening wide everytime i got my adjustment. Even the assistance told me my mouth is so small, lol, sounds crazy, but it is real, i can't open wide to do my flossing on my last molar and wisdom teeth,...

KK, thanks again for your reply, one of my wisdom not impacted too, hopefully they won't "cut" my gum, i am just scared, u know...
my braces are doing good, big process, but i feel like my jaw is getting smaller, hard to open wide when i floss my teeth, lol. Does it happen to you or anyone?

I have braces since May, and the ortho told me that my bottom wisdom need to be removed next time, he will do it for me, he is a nice ortho, but i just wonder if u feel pain when u have your wisdom removed?? sound scary to me. How long does it take usually??
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what i worry is 1. if they will fall off ?? 2. will they get stable after the braces are off?? haha, so stupid to ask these questions, just my concern. Should i ask my ortho to refer me to a good dentist, the one i went was NOT good.

and also my teeth are very yellowish now, what should i do???? do we still have the teeth cleaning regularly at dentist office??

Does anyone have the same problem like i do? i have braces for about 5 months, and i still feel my teeth are having the "clicking sound" (hope u understand what i try to say, like the bones and the teeth moving sound, hee hee) and sometimes i touch the teeth, they are like "so loose&q...

jcdamon3, thanks for your message, so that means is normal for most of us having gaps in between molars???i wonder why they needed to pull out my two upper teeth before braces if they have plenty of spaces????? lol

I have been braces since May, so far so good, nothing bothers me, except i found out that there are gap on my right and left upper molars where the metal seperators are put (the food is easily trapped), does anyone have the same situation like i have now?? I already told the ortho on my last adjustm...

HI, i have my treatment for three months so far, everything is doing great, but i want to ask if everyone will need the "elastics" treatment done?? Thanks

I started to eat as much as normal on my 3rd day after braces, now is almost 2 months, eating habbit is the same, but little bit slowly, so i have never lose any lbs, = (

Since my canker sore bothers me about two weeks ago, i started to first use the wax to cover the brackets ( i have never used any wax since my braces on may.12, but canker sore is killling me :( ) When i remove the wax, my gum was bleeding so bad about two or three different times, nothing hurt, and...

Since i had braces put on, i use my back molar to grind my food, but i just found out that the archwire in between that molar and the premolar teeth is crooked, is that necessary to call the ortho , it is not broken, but just crooked , if anyone who has the same problems, please let me know.