Metal Mouth Message Board

Sorry to hear you have an infection. Just thought i'd let you know though i had 6 teeth out at once and i know what you are going through, its sure not easy. I didnt feel normal again for about a month after! I think everyone is different.

[quote="Paws917"]Okay, so how long was it until you all first started seeing movement? Erin[/quote] I started seeing movement i'd say in about a month. I first started noticing that certain teeth were either easier or harder to floss between. Therefore i knew something had to be happening....

Hey! Im so sorry to hear youre having a bad day. Ive only been braced now for 3 months, but i can tell you it does get better. Believe me at first i felt the same as you! I wanted the things off and i thought "what have i done!" "Its not worth it!" But i was wrong, it is. Once my...

I'm 26 and have had my braces for a month. I have a slight underbite and my ortho suggested jaw surgery. I'm not going through with it though. For one, im a big chicken. And another reason is too much money. My ortho told me the braces would probably correct the bite but not to expect my teeth to tu...

I was told that usual treatment for braces was 18 - 24 months. But that if i kept all my appointments and did everything as i was told that my treatment time would be less. I hope so!

It took over two hours when i got my braces put on. I have ceramic uppers and metal lowers. But the assistant and the ortho seemed really busy that day so i think that's part of why. It took a long time as some of the others said to find molar bands to fit. I have 4 and she just said it seemed my te...

Hey there! I'm with everyone else, you have a beautiful smile. I just got braced today and im sore!

Hope everything goes great with yours!! Good luck!!

I agree spacers hurt!!! I had my spacers put in yesterday and my braces get put on tomarrow. Im nervous! The spacers started hurting me about 30 minutes after putting them in. I stopped to get some chicken SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM SPAM and french fries to eat, i thought, "i can eat that." To my...

3 weeks ago i had my wisdom teeth extracted along with 2 molars. I finally got through that pain and i'm just starting to feel "normal" again. So here we go again, maybe??? I am going today to get spacers and braces on Wednesday, April 26. I am 26 years old and a baby about everything. I a...