Metal Mouth Message Board

Woo hoo! The top ceramics and bands are coming off in 4 days! Then I'll get an invisalign type retainer. The bottom metal ones have another few weeks to go. Any advice for the newly debraced?? I picked up some crest white strip samples they were passing out at my gym, hoping to get nice white straig...

Hey there, So I got braces on 3 days ago and am getting pretty used to them. I have ceramics with neoclips on top and metal self-ligating brackets on bottom. One of the bggest hassles so far is putting on lipstick. Part of it is rubbing th elips together over the brackets. But I think I'll get used ...

I just got the oral b turbo i think it's called. it comes with multiple speeds and several heads. I have to say I haven't been able to use it, it's too powerful since I got extractions and spacers and now braces. Loved it before all of that stuff and probably will go back to it and soon as I'm more ...

Thanks so much everyone. I'm going in in an hour. I'll let you all know how it went. I've been drinking lots of water for days. Breakfast is a little hard, b/c of the extractions and spacers, I haven't really been eating in a week or so. But I guess that means I'm already used to the soft food diet....

Hi Folks, There has been lots of great stuff out there on the message board, but I've had trouble finding this in a clear format. I'm going in tomorrow (10 am) to get the braces on. I had extractions last week (4 bicuspids) and spacers put in (dying to get them out!!). But the brackets, bands and wi...

I am with you and getting braces tomorrow. I've been thinking about it on and off for so long. It's hard to believe I'm really doing it. And two years!! But I've already been through 4 extractions in the past week and a half, so know I'm dying to do something to close the gaps. Plus, they put 8 spac...