Metal Mouth Message Board

Wishing you the best and I hope you get the outcome you want.

HI! Well tomorrow is the big day. I've confirmed my appointment, did my last minute grocery shopping and I am anxiously waiting....... I am really getting excited right about now. I will let you know how things turn out. I am taking my own digital camera for my pics. That metal spacer is kind of a n...

Okay, I started out with 8 spaces. 2-top left, 2-top right, 2-bottom-left, 2-bottom right. By Sunday I only had 2. So today I had to have them replaced for my big day Thursday. I had the rubber ones before, but now i have on that is a metal thingy. I am anxiously waiting and counting down til Thursd...

Thank you for all you support! :lol: So far the only thing I have been feeling from my spacers is like I have food stuck between my teeth. i am so looking forward to getting my braces. I tried to convince them to put them on after my spacers but no such luck. Well I am counting down the days. I have...

Well after months of research, consultations, and wavering back and forth; I finally decided to take the plunge. I found a terriic dentist who was very sympathetic to my needs and concerns. This website has been so helpful. It was nice to feel like I was not alone. Thanks for all the support you hav...

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences. Its nice to hear what I am not alone. I am just enlisting opinions of others in similar situations.

Thanks again. I will follow up when I decide what I am going to do.




"Paralegalls"

I read you loud and clear. I had two dentists that wanted to do some crowns before braces. My ortho suggested not to have that done because my bite will be changing over the next few years and to wait until ortho treatment is completed. My dentist wasn't thrilled about it but he did a build up and ...

I have recently had my treatment for two rootcanals but I have not had the crowns put on. I have heard one thing from my general dentist- to wait at first then to go ahead and have the corwns put on. Then my orthodontist says- to wait to have the crowns put on until after treatment(30 months). My di...