Metal Mouth Message Board

Thank you so much for the encouraging reply! It's great to hear that elastics have worked for you. I'll just have to go to various orthodontists and see if I can get one of them to try it with me. Thanks again!

Hi, I have an overbite combined with an overjet, making my upper front teeth extremely far ahead of the lower. The sites for local orthos say that elastics are only used on young patients bc their jaws are still growing. But I really want to avoid surgery if possible (I don't have insurance), and el...