Metal Mouth Message Board

Reading a couple of entries on the board, I'm just thinking that if bonded retainers only stick to half of the teeth and not all of them, then surely the ones that aren't retained can move, get gaps, and do their own thing and in a few months time I might get my gaps back! I've read that people get...

yeah i did have jaw problems before, i had a paletal expander and wore a face mask on the top for about 6 months because i used to have and edge to edge underbite...but i will ask on tuesdayw hen i get my braces back on ...thanks

i didnt know u were suppose to have a retainer on top of the bonded one. i just thought what he gave me was standard (removable top and bonded bottom)...and i didnt ask about the midline, should i have? i thought it was normal because my mom has naturally staight teeth and her midline isnt lined up ...

so i went in to see my orthadontist today, he told me that what happened was that those front 6 teeth were pushed out from my tongue...something called like tonguuethrusting or somethign along those lines...i had 2 options. i could either keep it like that or put braces back on for 6-9 months to clo...

well yeah he took xrays wheni got my braces off and he said i need to get them out within this year

Your post is a little confusing because you said your molars and coming in and then you said your wisdom teeth are coming in. I think you just mean your wisdom teeth are coming in right? Unless you have more teeth than me. :-) Anyway - why is your dentist against the surgery? Is it because the orth...

mine got a discount of 10% if being paid infull. i only paid around 5600 compared to the 6300

the bottom retainer is only cemented on the front 6 teeth and the mold was taken a fe weeks before my draces were taken off. i never asked about my midline because it never bothered me and i thought it was normal because of others ive seen who dont have lined up midlines. is this something i should ...

the bottom retainer is only cemented on the front 6 teeth and the mold was taken a fe weeks before my draces were taken off. i never asked about my midline because it nefver bothered me and i thought it was normal because of theres ive seen who dont have lined up midlines. is this something i should...

thanks for the info, i still dont know what im going to do. does anyone else have any opinions?

this is an overall view of my teeth

its been 3 months since i got my braces off. i have a bonded permanent retainer on my lower front 6 teeth and sbout a month after my braces removal, spacing started appearing between the teeth that were bonded and the teeth that werent bonded. wheni went for my retainer checkup, my orthadontist told...