Metal Mouth Message Board

I have a fixed retainer top and bottom but also clear retainers top and bottom to wear for 12 hours a day (when I get home from work). I must say they feel very bulky...almost making me want to gag. I can't close my mouth...when I try to bite my back teeth on the left touch first and its a really we...

Tomorrow is the day my braces finally come off (they have been on for 20 months). Its kind of a weird feeling. I remember the shock of having them first put on... I was 31, had receding gums and a horrible smile. I can remember posting on this site all the time because of the awful shock. I felt tha...

Wow! that is spooky! last week I went in to get my wires changed. Every time I visit it is a running joke about how impossible it is to get my damon 3's opened (I only have them on the bottom). Apparently I have a lot of calcium in my saliva which means tartar can build up very easily even though I ...

when i first had my consultations with the ortho, he was going to take my front lower tooth out as it stuck out from the jaw so much he didn't think it would go back in. however, he then decided that my jaw would be too narrow without the tooth so he had a go at pushing it in and it worked! I have 1...

Congratulations on your teeth. I am very jealous. My ortho is in Milton Keynes. I asked him if he could do my adjustments every 4 weeks but he said he only does them every 6 weeks which is very frustrating when I hear that you were all fixed in 14 months. Mine is going to be nearly 2 years! Nevermin...

I also had perio disease before I started treatment. Part of the cause of it was my crooked teeth at the bottom which i didn't clean properly. My ortho insisted I go to a periodontist before my treatment started. i have approx 15% bone loss with quite major gum recession. I have to go for cleanings ...

Hi Gempop I am in the same situation as you. I have been referred to the NHS in Bedford and have been told that I am going to need a LeFortI osteotomy and a sagittal split osteotomy. Are these the same operations you need? I too show more gum on one side of my face than the other. The problem with m...