Metal Mouth Message Board

just reread my last post and unfortunately things have not changed a huge amount. i'm still unhappy with my ortho and still think that she's an incredibly bad communicator. i went for an adjustment last week sometime having been wearing these fixed braces for approx 9 months now, i had previously ca...

yes there are, not me personally as i have full metal but KK for one i believe has what you're talking about.

hi, i'm from england too (staffordshire) and have been going through treatment now for over a year so hopefully i can help...my payments are monthly and interest free, initially i was gonna take out a bank loan for the full amount and then pay that off monhtly but it turned out there was no need. my...

like the others have said i eat whatever i want, no change to before i was braced, yes i'm more careful but it really is no problem. i have never caused any damage to my braces, this time round or when i was a teen. Just eat what you can and don't worry about it! and about the water thing...i'm not ...

my moods make me look sullen! haha

to be honest i don't know but it may be possible that your treatment will take less than a year and a half anyway...why not have a few consultations in your current area and explain the situation and see what they suggest as i believe all ortho's can work differently not just with treatment and time...

He does, but he charges a minimal fee for it. His reasoning is that kids are usually happy with metal and adults deserve to be treated as adults and get what he calls 'the professional' look for no extra fee. the professional look? is this to say that metal brackets don't look as professional as ce...

i wasn't offered social six...either metal or ceramic...i would have had to have paidn£400 more for ceramic than i did with metal.

good point merytan. i chose metal over ceramic right at the last minute. i figured if i was going to be wearing braces they'd be visible anyway so i may as well not look as though i was trying to hide them. i thought it would be better for someone to look and think oh she has braces rather than spen...

if it makes you feel any better mine are larger than they should be, my left one in particular...i've been having some reshaping done on that so by the end i hope they'll look the same. i'd love to have nice little dainty ones! the grass is always greener... if nearing the end of your treatment you'...

it's not really brace related but sometimes in the mornings i really really fancy indian...especially tandoori chicken! i used to get that a lot when i was hungover and all i wanted was tandoori chicken but of course indians don't open until night so i can never have it when i fancy it. worked night...

hi, my estimated treatment time was 9-12 months and i'm 5 months of the way through so the way i see it pretty much half way...but i don't feel like i'm halfway looking at my teeth..i exlained this to my ortho and she seems to think that we are halfway through and that after 2 more wires she'll star...

hi elle i've been having one of my teeth shaped and it did feel rough at first but it became smooth in no time at all so don't worry about that!

i had my fourth adjustment today so i've had these on for 5 months now...bearing in mind my estimation time given at the beginning was 9-12 months i suppose i'm halfway there (ortho says i have a couple of wires left to go so 2 more adjustments in 2 months i believe then onto closing gaps)...i reall...

re the tea...yes we do drink that much! i love my cups of tea and it's true...something not so good happens and we say...'put the kettle on' or similar.