Metal Mouth Message Board

David, the actual fitting of braces went fine, it felt strange at first but you get used to the feeling of braces in your mouth pretty quickly. I'm now in Day 3 and having to use loads of wax on the sharp and pokey bits of hardware now inside my mouth. It is painful for me to bite and chew so I have...

Hi again KK! I think I feel better already, (but that maybe just the wine talking!) Seriously, the salt-water rinse is a godsend, I plan on doing that every night, it helped me go off to sleep last night, slept like a baby. The spacers, I can't even feel those anymore, what are spacers? Let me tell ...

Hi butterfly! This is my second day with braces, top and bottom, and already I have noticed that my smile is broader and tension free. I believe it's because now I have actually taken steps to improve my smile, for the world to see, that I don't have a problem with showing my "brace-smile"...

Hi Kroozergirl, I also have an overbite, and a bit of crowding of my front teeth. Was braced Wednesday, yesterday morning. I have been eating mainly soups and yogurts and mashed potato as I find I can't really chew anything yet without pain. Hoping it will get better soon, I'm getting hungry!

Thanks for that post linda21, I was reading the thread thinking "oh my god, hope I never get one of those nasty canker sores" wondering what a canker sore actually is! At the mo, I am "globbed" full of wax so hopefully my exposed wire and band hooks won't be doing me too much dam...

Hi, I was braced on Wednesday also (ceramic on top, metal on bottom). And I have those hooks sticking into my tongue as well, so today I have a very sore tongue! As KK advises, wax is my new best friend, I don't go anywhere without it, I've got little packets of wax in every room of the house! Today...

Okay this hurts, can I get off this ride now? The inside of my mouth is at war with all the new (very costly) hardware it woke up with this morning! Luckily, I have a peacemaker in the form of dental wax...I've stocked up on it as I'm having trouble with those hooks/cleats poking out the side of my ...

Hi there david :D I'm also new here, my braces are going on in a few hours and this whole past week I've been so impatient to get them on but now I'm feeling a little anxious. Fear of the unknown... This is a wonderful forum, wherever you turn you will find some encouragement and support from the pe...

Thanks nikki, I'll be letting you know, I will be fully braced in approx in approximately 3 hours I lose 2 more spacers yesterday, those things can only take so much chewing....

Hi there KK, thank you for the welcome :D it's much appreciated. I'm loving the advice I'm receiving off this board, it's been invaluable so far. Yes I'm Aussie born-and-bred, however I have a special affinity with Kiwis as my partner is a Kiwi (part-Maori, part-Irish) so he's kind of a mix! He's li...

Hi there, Today is my sixth day in (rubber) spacers, I have 8 of them. The soreness has been low-grade and constant. I found that a good brushing of my teeth was the only thing to alleviate it (for a couple of hours). Biting down and chewing has been difficult, I have had to use my front and back te...

Hi all, I am new here and also a Sydneysider :) Wednesday is also my "B-day" and I'm very much looking forward to it. At the moment I have 8 spacers/separators between my teeth but have not had to have any extractions. I've also been worried about having to brush after eating, as my job in...

Thank you Linda for your reply. It was good to see a few Aussies on here when I first discovered the board and I am looking forward to getting to know everyone a little better (not just the Aussies!) Lately I've been staying up late way past my bedtime scrolling through posts detailing what to eat a...

Hello to all :D Just writing to express my thanks to this community. You all (unknowingly of course) have helped transform my feelings towards my soon-to-be-braced status from feeling anxious and negative about the whole deal to feeling excited and happily looking forward to the day the braces go on...