Metal Mouth Message Board

I was getting the smoke colored ligs for the past couple months, but since I refused to give up coffee and tea they would end up turning a dingy brownish color. This last time I went with silver ligs... I really like them, although they are kinda annoying as a powerchain. The connecting portions bet...

I have a TPA, which is a wire which runs along the roof of my mouth connecting my back upper molars. It does impact... ahem... other things, but we have adjusted so that it's not so bad. Really - in a loving relationship almost anything can be adjusted to, it might take some practice but that's half...

"Heck, my wife thinks it's cool to do a lirrle investigating to see what they feel like!" :) the first time my husband kissed me after I got the braces on he licked my braces... it kinda creeped me out, but it was kinda cool too. He was surprised at how rough they were. Braces haven't gott...

During the day I use some Crest toothpaste... cavity protection maybe?

And before bed I use a prescription strength fluoride toothpaste.

I'm fighting the same battle.... My coffee house beverage of choice if I am not having coffee items is usually steamed milk with vanilla, which is kind of pathetic but yummy. Some teas are good, but teas can also stain. One tip about coffee - drink it with a straw when possible. It doesn't go on you...

Definitely. I spent the first couple weeks wondering what I was doing, since I couldn't even begin to close my mouth with all this extra braces stuff. It's been almost two months, and it's a lot easier to close my mouth... actually it's pretty cool because my overjet seems to be coming in a little, ...

You also need to make sure that in the settings area (where all those check boxes are) you have selected "Yes" for the one that talks about allowing BBC Code.... also wouldn't hurt to make sure you have selected "Yes" for allowing HTML. Can you do me a favor? On the internet when...

It seems to vary by orthodontist. Mine, however, gave me a big fat no on the whole gum idea, and I have a couple different handouts talking about how it's a bad idea. I tried to convince her otherwise, as I was an avid gum-chewer before braces, but she wouldn't hear of it. There wasn't a single bran...

Heaven forbid I actually ask my orthodontist anything while I am there. I swear, I step foot into that office and it's like I turn into a brainless mute. But now that I am away from my orthodontist my questions come back to me. I have an upper overjet (no pics online yet) and my mouth has always bee...

Way Too Old For This wrote:As with other new torture devices, we seem to be able to get used to it.

Ain't that the truth!

One thing I did find was that I was getting tongue-tied and the words/letters mixed up. Whoa - I am having that exact problem. For some reason I didn't relate it to the ortho hardware. It has been freakin' me out a little bit, I'm usually so good at constructing sentences and vocabulary and couldn'...

Yep, me too... or if I am trying to talk while running. It's a total pain in the butt, I recently created a beginning running group so I would have people to run with, and we are all chatting and getting to know each other during the runs.... only it's nearly impossible to chat while doing an easy r...

I lost the ability to clearly say anything with an "sh" when they put my TPA in five weeks ago. Over the past couple days the gap in my front teeth has started to open up, and I now can't say the letter "f" without having a big stream of air shoot through my front teeth. This is ...

I don't particularly like my orthodontist. But she came highly recommended by my dentist, and I've been with my dentist for my entire life. And her staff is really wonderful, and she seems to run a very efficient office. So no, I don't so much like my ortho, but I have confidence in her ability to m...

First thing - welcome to the world of TPA's... I've had mine for just over a month, and it's okay most of the time, and really frickin' annoying occasionally. Talking is still annoying, and eating is a pain in the butt... It takes me forever to eat salads. :) It's good for portion control, I guess! ...