Metal Mouth Message Board

I don't have the bleeding...but my teeth sure do ache after flossing!
Plus...they feel like they have moved...can this happen after just 4 days from being braced?

I, by no means, want to discourage anyone by my 'Pain' comment....I still fully believe I have made the right decision.... But, it should still be noted that there is Discomfort and at times Pain associated with any dental or Ortho. procedures......I myself breezed through the extractions and had no...

Wow....... I better clarify things..... I never felt I was being discriminated age-wise by my Supervisors statement. She has always had a Shoot-from-the-lip style with people and it HAS gotten her in trouble in the past. Being that she's about the same age as myself, I just felt she was belittling m...

Yes indeed! I know it will be worth it but.....
I'm on day 3 of the pain, and I still can't believe I have paid BIG BUCKS to have some guy super-glue LEGOS to my teeth....

may the 'Straight-Tooth-Fairy' bless us all.........

Has anyone else had insensitive and out-of-line remakes made to them about their being braced? I expected a few comments, but my Supervisor on Monday has me still spinning with rage!....She asked why I was taking a PTO on Tuesday(we are short staffed and she wanted me to come in anyway)....so when I...

Good luck on tomarrow!....I got braced today and what the Experience! It went pretty much as people here have said.....I'm glad I did it, but can't wait till they are off......I'm a Med. Tech and work at a local hospital, but took today and tomarrow off (and glad I did!). Not so sure how patients an...

When all is said and done.....$10,000.....yeah, I know,... what was I thinking!!! This all includes Ortho, extractions, crown removal and temporary replacement, gum-grafting for 4 teeth! :shock: a little bonding on the uppers and regular dentist visits. I'm not including travel time,(don't live far)...

You two are just TOO cute!!!!!.....looks like you have next years Christmas card picture ready to go!......keep us up to date on how you guys are doing....I get braced next Tues.........

Mateo's......I get my spacers in today, and braces the 21st also.....had a tooth extracted last week and still abit sore, so still eating soft foods.

Looks like that's the diet from here on in.......
what's your time frame?...mine 18-24 months, uppers and lowers.....The journey begins!

ukcolin.....
Could it be the packing that finally came out?...I had an extraction today and they packed it with an antibiotic and told me it might dissolve or just fall out later.....just a thought.....good luck...

Thanks for all the supporting posts.......had the extraction this morning and I feel like such the BABY for getting all upset about this!!!!......I never felt a THING!!!!....all of a sudden he said "You're done"!......that was IT!... Numbness is wearing off...and it's not uncomfortable.......

Like some here, went in for cosmetic but found-out I had a "World" of dental problems to be addressed........after putting 4 kids in braces and seeing those perfect smiles emerge, I knew it was MY TIME!.....my parents could not afford them back in the 70's (yes.. I,m old)....but I made sur...

Found this site after finally making the appointment for a consult with a Ortho. After the x-rays and impressions....I got the news this would be "do-able".... but then the Bad news....... Need a crown to be removed and replaced with a temporary....and 4 tissue grafts(soft and subepithelia...