Metal Mouth Message Board

Good morning everyone.... Now that I posted the pic of my teeth, do you experts think I could possibly go with a retainer on my uppers for the 20-22 months I need the braces? My right front upper tooth is bonded and needs to be re-done so that is why it looks a bit crooked or off. But my uppers are ...

I just took a picture of my mangled mouth so you all can see I am not lying when I say I look like a rapper! Even my neighbor just made fun of me.

Ok, you've all made me feel much better. I am definitely going in as soon as I can to replace the gold brackets with silver. I am not a rapper, therefore these just don't suit me. HA! Last night I was ready to call the ortho and have them taken of asap. I have one more question....I have some massiv...

Well, I just types a lengthy response which was deleted....so I will make this short. I guess Congrats are in order! I have some questions for you. I got braced Wednesday and my ortho put clear on my top teeth, he did not offer ceramic but I am guessing those look better than the clear? Because mine...

I got ceramics on top too....and foolishly went for gold on the bottom because my ortho will not do clear beackets on the bottom teeth. The gold look AWFUl and I am going in next week to have them replaced with silver.
Why won't some docs do clear on the bottoms?

I got mine April 19th too and I am NOT liking this experience! I got clear on top and gold on the bottom and the gold looks really awful....so I am going back next week to have silver put on the bottoms. Its that bad. The inside of my right cheek got torn up from the upper band. And the bottom right...

I just got my spacers off Wednesday because the braces went on, but the spacers I had on for 8 days and the first 5 days was AWFUL. They never felt good until I got them off. I found it hard to eat but I managed with LOTS and LOTS of Motrin. Now, dealing with this new pain is anotther story!

Thanks for the welcome! I am happy to see so many adults going for treatment!

Hi! My name is Loretta and I am 37 years old and am getting my braces on April 19th, a week from today. I went in yesterday for the spacers and thought "what have I done?!" They are driving me nuts, but are not hurting me like they told me they would...but I've been taking Motrin round the...