Metal Mouth Message Board

Thanks for the advice. I had my "emergency" appointment today (just in time too since one of my brackets decided to become unglued last night) and it turns out that it's just extreme sensitivity. I've always had sensitive teeth, but this new pain is a heckuva lot more than I've ever had. M...

I've had my braces on for about 3 weeks now and I have my first adjustment scheduled for this Friday. So far, I've gone through a few different things causing me pain; the initial soreness on my teeth themselves, the wires digging into my lip/cheek, etc. None of the pain so far has been that bad and...

Oh man, this is why I love coming to this site. Reading through these posts makes me feel much better. Misery loves company, right? I've had my braces on since Friday and I had my first solid food last night. I put some of those frozen meatballs into the microwave and threw some Ragu sketti sauce on...

Holy cow, Karen! You aren't kidding about it taking a while to figure out the best way to bite and chew. One of the reasons I needed braces to begin with was because of problems with the top right side of my mouth. I had a baby tooth still in there and it was just a mess. Because of that mess, I alw...

Hello there. I stumbled upon this website last night while googling various braces search terms and it has already been a great resource. I actually just got back from having my braces put on about a half hour ago and I can already tell that this is going to be an "interesting" 15 months. ...