Metal Mouth Message Board

Well I made it to my appointment and I got my xray's and molds done. I am still scheduled to be braced on the 30th. I'm going to try to go in earlier since I am going out of town the last week in March. Oh yeah, I didn't need spacers either.

What should I do?????

I got sick yesterday and my appointment is in one hour!!!! Should I still go? I had a fever of 102 last night but it's come down since then. I've been taking Tylenol faithfully and Airborne every 3 hours. I hope I can shake this bug!!!

I can not resize these for the life of me... sorry. PLEASE HELP. I resized them in photo bucket but it's not showing here.

The saga begins... I am a 23 year old full time student and employee. I was supposed to get braces when I was 17 but my ortho gave me the option of using hawley retainers instead. The only problem was I rarely wore the retainers so my teeth were never straightened. Fast foward 5 years... I am having...

Hey Lin, the only thing I can think of is a night guard. I had to get one for the same issues. Clenching can really screw up your jaws. I am getting braces to permanently fix my jaw so that I dont have to wear my night/day guard anymore. You really have to make a conscious effort to stop the clenchi...

You Lucky Duck! Tell us alllllll about it when you get back.

Who is getting braced in March??? :-1 My mold appointment is 03/23/06, and my official "installation" is 03/30/06. :squareteeth: My treatment time is 24 months, and I am supposed to have a pallatial expander (not sure if thats what it's called) of some sort. Let me know what to expect. Do ...