Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi Grace et all, I began treatment a little over a year ago. I had upper and lower expanders placed, in my case they worked incredibly well over a period of about 6 months. The lower expander pushed my crowded teeth out even more whacky than they were to begin with, I then got bracketed, and had 4 t...

Hi Toneten10, I recently had 4 bicuspids removed as well, and like Ronsie, I was under Nitrus w/ Novacaine. While I think I fought the effects of the Nitrus, the Novacaine did its job. It was freaky looking the surgeon in the eyes as he was pulling teeth from my skull, but I didn't feel one ounce of...

VS, I too am in my 3rd week of being braced and totally feel where you are coming from. My 4 front lowers were extremely crooked, and after 38 years, they fell into place almost immediately after being braced. Yet 3 weeks later, there are actually gaps between the the same teeth that have been crowd...

I've had upper and lower expanders in for 6 months and just got braced last week, and let me tell you...it takes some getting used to. It's like starting all over again since I had just gotten used to the expanders. There is some soreness that comes with the braces both on your teeth and the insides...

I've worked at the same company for 9 years and got my braces put on not even a week ago and nobody has really said a word about them. I've heard that if you act like they're not there, other people tend to act the same way. I've actually had a couple of people point out that they actually need brac...

Hi Ghotieyes, The expanders can be quite tricky...I've been in uppers and lowers for 6 months, and I did eventually get used to them. Speech was a bigger concern for me because I do voice over work and a lot of public speaking, I almost aborted braces altogether because of it. But over time, I got u...

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I'm new here, my name is Wen...I'm a spitter.

I have upper and lower lingual arches in now (they actually have an extra paper clip like wire to push certain teeth into place as well, not sure of the exact name of my device though), and they will pinch and grab your tongue in certain ways for a while. It should get better with time, but if it do...

Hi Leslie (et all), I should start by saying I've been lurking her for about a month now, and everyone on this site is incredible, your stories, words and support are wonderful. I'm 38 and have taken the plunge as well, I'm currently in upper and lower expanders, I get my ceramics in about 3 months....