Metal Mouth Message Board

hi, just to let you know whats happening re my broken Essix. I was telephopning round a lot of orthos in Glasgow on monday and very few said they'd be able to fit me in for an appointment and suggested I called the the local Dental Hospital. One Ortho said they could fit me in and it would cost £60...

Agggh!! I just broke my retainer!! I'm visiting my parents for the weekend and their taps (faucets) are the other way around so I inadvertently washed it in hot water. :roll: It snapped in half! :oops: I have just tried to super-glue it together but haven't tried it in my mouth yet. As its late Satu...

Hi guys, its been a while since i posted.. but... i just have to say..... My brace is coming off tomorrow!!!!!!!!!! Woo!!! :lol: I've had a top bracket for a year (estimated time was 9 months), and the process wasnt all bad, although the first and last months were the worst. I'll hopefully post a pi...

b3ta (www.b3ta.com) is a humourous website in the UK, it is described in wikipedia as a "puerile digital arts community". The do a Question of the Week... this week it is "tell us your worst experiences with your dentist...?" http://www.b3ta.com/questions/dentists If you are easi...

That Aquafresh Extreme Clean (without Whitening) is marvelous.

Got some last night, tried it on my curry stained ligs and there's a definate improvement. They are not 100% clean, but they are much less greeny-yellow!!!

Big smiles all round!

IB

Cheers guys, Its amazing. For the last few years I have though constantly about my bad teeth and twhether to brace or not to brace. For the last six weeks this hasnt entered my mind. I now have other things to worry about like getting cleaned behind my bands, and flossing the impossible. I was busy ...

Hi,

Here's my six week progress. What do you think? I think it looks great! Lots of progress already, but still a long way to go...




IB

how about a separate domain name for the forum, like www.archwiredforum.com ? for me its the forum that makes this site, and if i was to advertise on a poster http://www.archwired.com/phpbb2/index.php I don't think it would be as easy to remember. and yes, you could just say "Click on the messa...

hello!! Just back from my first adjustment. I've had ceramics on top for just a month now and the experience so far has been ok. I went into the ortho and she 'twanged' my wire :oops: , and said that there was still some 'activation' left in it so she wasnt going to change it. But what she did do is...

Wadders, Well done on making the decision. What kind of braces are you getting? Metal or ceramic. I've hade ceramic uppers for 3 weeks now, i'm a 30 yr old bloke from Belfast, and i'm just about getting used to them. I thought i'd have issues with what other people thought and how they'd react, and ...

Hey guy's.... Today is the start of week 3 for me... and I'm pretty much used to my brace now, but I have a few observations/questions to see if i'm getting the same sensations as you. The main question i have is to do with the lack of pain! Not that i'm complaining!!!! :roll: But, I had always thou...

guys, its been 4 days since i went to the ortho and had the corrections made, and i am starting to feel the wire in my cheek again! It is starting to get stuck on my fleshy cheek, and i can "twang" it with my finger. I'll have to see how it goes, but this is what happened before. Lets see ...

'ello, Just back from the ortho's, glad i went. my archwire had slipped out of the right side and had moved to the left so that it was poking out the back of the left molar band. My ortho took all of my ligs out, re-positioned the wire and then put the ligs back on. Job done in 5 mins and now no pai...

Cool,

just phoned the ortho and her receptionist said it's normal cos my teeth are moving, she's asked me to come in at 11am (its now 9.30am) to get my archwire trimmed.

Nice one. Good service.

IB

Hey dudes, I've only had my brace for a week, but i'm more or less used to it. The abrasions and weird feeling is fine, and i'm hving no probs eating. The one thing that is agony :x is my archwire poking out of the back of my left molar bracket and into my cheek!!!! :( Ouch! its like a hyperdermic n...