Metal Mouth Message Board

I wouldn't describe it as face cave in but I did suffer from what my friends termed 'skull-face' for a few months!! I think it was a combination of rapid weight loss (1 1/2 stone in 4 weeks) and my braces pushing my lips out more. My hair looked huge and my face tiny and it was all rather 'anorexic ...

I've been in Damon 3's for about 6 months now and am starting elastics in six weeks. I am over the moon with the way my teeth have straightened but now REALLY need to sort out my overbite. Anyway, for about the last two weeks when I chew I have been biting the inside of one of my cheeks pretty much ...

I have had my braces on for about 6 moths now and am about to get the dreaded elastics but the problem is…I don’t know anything about them!!! What do they do? How often do you get them changed by your ortho? What is the longest / shortest time people have them for? I have to have them on 24/7 ca...

Julie - just wanted to post a quick reply for you - not sure if you are still checking them. I am THE WORST panic attack girl in the world! I have attacks that have lasted for five days where I can't eat, sleep, sit still, leave the house, have a rational thought, keep any food inside my body (if yo...

I had damon 3s fitted top and bottom three days ago and am just about coping with the shredded mouth, constant tooth pain and inability to eat anything more solid than soup :cry: BUT one of my main worries at the moment is spit! (Sounds ridiculous to say it out loud!) My mouth around my braces is we...