Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi - I have a grey tooth, lower incisor. My ortho said that it most likely would have happened when I had root canal treatment on it and its had a bleed enter it from the trauma. Thats all I know about grey teeth!

Bottle fed baby. I think I'd still have crooked teeth if I'd been breast fed - although I think my teeth would have been stronger. I have half a tooth missing at the bottom because my nail broke when I was out & I tried to bite it off and the tooth broke first! My daughter was breast fed upto 6 ...

Missingu thank you for posting this. Without going into detail I am currently helping my step daughter with investigations with the Police. She is now a young adult but has had an absolute fear of dentists since the age of 3. She says she doesn't know why. I wonder if you will have helped her solve ...

Well I've been back to the ortho already! 2 ligatures weren't holding the wire into the bracket so he wired them in leaving on the blue lig so it look the same as the others. I also asked him to file down some of the metal bands as I was hitting metal top to bottom when I closed my mouth. A slight i...

Hils wrote: The Orthodontist filed off the tooth behind my k9

Didn;'t file it off just back to the origional tooth!

oh my god! well its in - & I'm wondering if I can stick this for another year or so. I have metal bands round 4 molars which are like razors to my tounge :yuck: The Orthodontist filed off the tooth behind my k9 (?) which was built up by my dentist years ago. I forgot how much it bent inwards. I ...

Hi, I have just registered and am about to get fitted with a brace in 1 1/2 hours. I have been given alot of comfort reading through your messages and am almost looking forward to getting my brace fitted today. Oh & I'm 27-this doesn't seem to be a thing that adults do much in England! I have 8 ...