Metal Mouth Message Board

I have a Monroe and a labret piercing. I havent had an issue with either, nor has my ortho mentioned anything. The only thing I will advise you is that the post sometines gets stuck on the archwire of my braces and snatches half way through my lip. My piercings are healed so it only hurts for a mome...

Here are my new ligs! I couldn't decide what I wanted so I went with neon rainbow!

Today was my first adjustment! My ortho added 2 new brackets on my bottom molars. I was wondering why he didn't put any there the first time. I can see alot of movement in my teeth over the last six weeks and hopefully you can too. Here are some pics... http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/YellaGyr...

Ok, I ate a hamburger for breakfast this morning (yeah I know, breakfast of champs LOL) and the mustard stained my ligs. Here are some pictures that support my claim. Sorry about the quality, they were taken with my camera phone. Here is the before Pic.... http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f30/Yella...

Maybe it's just me but, I dont feel like anything is moving in my mouth. I noticed my bite was a little different and a tooth has rotated even though it didnt need to. Now its actually out of line. All of this movement happened in the first 10 days and I havent really felt anything since then. I don...

Sometimes I put on lipstick to prevent myself from snacking. This way, I know I will have to brush my teeth and re apply my lipstick again if I do.

It's my little way of keeping my snacking in check!

I got my braces put on 3 weeks ago and the clear ligs stained a nasty yellow green color. Well, to make a long story short, I just brushed my teeth extra hard and my ligs are almost clear again. I used Aquafresh Extreme Clean toothpaste Empowermint flavor w/o whitening. I'm sure they will stain agai...

Jaws - That's so cool. I wish my pink was as bright as yours.

I think I'm going to get rainbow colors next time!

My 1st adjustment is May 11th too!!!! As of now, I dont feel any pain except for in my jaw (CONSTANT pain) and when I eat. Looks like we're in this together!!!!

I've been braced for 8 days exactly and I am starting to be able to eat normally. This morning I ate an eggg mc muffin from McDonalds, and I just took it really slow. Your mouth will also toughen up in about a week. I dont have the brace imprint on the inside of my cheeks anymore. Continue to use wa...

Here's Mine, Hot Pink & Black

I got my braces put on yesterday. I was going to go out of town but there is no point since I wont be able to 100% enjoy myself. Well, my appointment was at 11:00am but I got there at 10:30, I signed my contract and sat in the 3rd chair in the patient treatment room. The assistant told me to open my...

Dry sockets are the absolute worst! I had four of them when I had my wisdom teeth removed. After they packed my gums with medicated gauze, my mom gave me ice cream with chopped nuts in it, so the nuts went into the stitches and caused me SUPER EXCRUTIATING pain! I cried myself to sleep and I still g...

I am soooo impatient! I'm scheduled to get braced in 4 days (Thursday) but I really want to go out of town on Wednesday. I've been calling my ortho checking on cancellations for a week and so far nothing. I hope I dont have to wait until Thursday afterall!

I love my ortho but I dont know about the assistants