Metal Mouth Message Board

I hope all goes well, though I didn't exactly follow what was happening! Are you getting braces? Is your daughter getting 4 premolars pulled? By an ortho? Nevertheless, I hope all does go OK. If anesthesia is definitely a problem, maybe you could opt out tomorrow and go with an oral surgeon who coul...

Of the many, many, many discussions about Damons on this board, I don't recall any discussing them breaking. Difficulty with wires, yes, breaking, no. Please get at least one, preferably two more consultations. The change of heart merits at least another opinion or two. Also, when there is discussio...

Without knowing the details of your case, I'll defer to the age-old line "better ask your orthodontist." I would think that kind of question could be answered over the phone if the ortho made notes on your chart as to why s/he was doing photos.

For the record, until seeing this post, I didn't know that mouthwash had alcohol in it, but then, I've learned that my input (because it doesn't always tow the party line) is not particularly appreciated. Believe it or not, there are some people here who haven't been reading this forum their whole l...

Maybe this is overstating the obvious, but why can't you get a different set of brackets, for the entire arch. Saying the bracket must be in place, to me, is a cop out and dismissive of your complaint. If you aren't happy with the treatment, you may need to ask for a consultation and have her explai...

I'd recommend getting an MRI of the TMJ joints. That is really the only way an MD/DDS can know what is going on in the joint area. It might be helpful to "round out" the diagnostic picture because the provider really cannot tell what is going on "in there" without it. I think you...

The article chose those Listerine and Scope, I figure, because Listerine and Scope are #s 1 and 2, respectively, for market share. The article was emphasizing the alcohol content in the major mouthwashes, as many people may not have known they had alcohol. Listerine is the leading mouthwash in the U...

This is from the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), the premier medical journal in the US (www.jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/270/24/2955) Breath alcohol values following mouthwash use J. G. Modell, J. P. Taylor and J. Y. Lee Department of Psychiatry, University of Alabama S...

If you are US, the likely med will be Excedrin. However, it is aspirin and tylenol, with none of the anti-inflammatory capabilties of the motrin/advil class. If you already take no doz, you should check with the ortho about what they recommend, and take the caffeine separately. I also think it would...

I don't know about how the ortho placed the Damons, but for me the clear part was facing "up" with the metal "down" (lowers were all metal). As such, the clear part was very small, and very hard to see because my lips covered it pretty much. Therefore it was very hard to see if t...

Try working on a rehab unit -- think they rinse with Listerine? This list of alcohol content was to make a point about alcohol content. Maybe, just maybe, some people don't like the idea of using alochol-based products. I don't give a flying...about whether alcohol does or does not dry a person's mo...

(source http://www.therahealth.biz/articles&info/htm FYI- "Here's how much alcohol (in Percentage and Proof) is contained in the leading mouthwashes. (Beer, wine, and hard liquor have been added as a comparison): Product % Alcohol As Proof Jack Daniels Bourbon 43% 86 Amaretto Liqueur 28% 56...

To see if the movement of the roots is in line with the movement of the exposed tooth. Usually, they don't take x-rays except toward the end, but if there has been a particularly challenging correction they might want to make sure the root structure is appropriate after the correction.

In the US, paracetamol is known as acetominophen (generic for Tylenol). The concern with any pain meds with caffeine (in US, Excedrin is the big offender) is that caffeine is a vasodilator (relaxes blood vessels) and can impact blood pressure and be more conducive to "head rushes" because ...

Pretty much any of the OTC pain relievers, intended for daytime use (not like tylenol PM) do not have ingredients that make a person drowsy. Most orthos recommend the Motrin/Advil (aka NSAIDs - Non Steroidal Anit-Inflammatory Drug) and they have no ingredients to make a person drowsy. Tylenol and re...