Metal Mouth Message Board

Sorry it's taken so long to get these photo's on the board, but for some reason I couldn't log onto imageshack, it just wasn't loading properly, but I'm here now with some progress piccies: Week 1 Top http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/6575/week1toparchcy6.jpg Week 12 Top http://img402.imageshack.us...

ALOT has happened over the last few weeks and I've been itching to write about it on here, but I have come down with a very bad virus / cold over the last few days (I just got back to Sydney from holidays in sunny Queensland (north of Australia) so it wasn't a very nice way to see me back to my rout...

okay, so the first adjustment went reasonably well today I was hoping to get a few more things changed around, but was a bit disappointed. This is what happened: The whole ortho practice seemed to be in a bad mood, not sure why, it was only lunchtime, maybe from hungry bellies. Anyway the ortho came...

Today is my first adjustment day..... it's finally here... it's been a very long 8 weeks I have seen great movement in the last few weeks which is super, they've still been moving around even as the weeks have been going on. I've got small gaps between my lower lateral incisor and canine's on both s...

My left lateral incisor got 'tied in' as well (the right one is still too far recessed to tie in yet... ~Victor Hi Victor, I just had a read through your story and congratulations on getting tied in with one of your incisors, I have a similar problem with my incisor on my left hand side falls back ...

I'm getting in a little early, but it's been 3 weeks tomorrow!! I honestly can't believe that time has gone that quickly! and I can't believe how normal my braces feel now, they really have become a part of my life that doesn't bother me and are doing a great job, the only time I really ever notice ...

Thanks Karen! I think I've seen that picture floating around somewhere, I should print it out and stick it on my wall for future reference! instead of calling it the pointy one next the front one, haha!! I did ring the Ortho and have booked in tomorrow for a quick checkup at 1.30pm, I explained it t...

2 weeks down, another 6 to go (until my first adjustment anyway). Things are MUCh better nowadays then they were 2 weeks ago, my teeth feel fine, and far less sensitive, which is a massive relief. I'm still slowly making my way in leaps and bounds into solid foods again, and had my first hamburger (...

It's been a week already, wow times flies when you're having fun? I'm here to post some progress photo's, although I'm at work at the moment and was having trouble loading the pics onto ImageShack last night, so I only have comparison photo's of my top and bottom arch, I will try and load the compar...

Thanks BracedAgain and smallbutmighty for your tips, over the last day or so I've been able to get the floss in between the back molars, so that's a bit of relief, and I do think the white spots are from the glue as well. I also managed to get some wax on the inside of my molar band, and it's much m...

Thanks becks & Patricia S. for your help, last night I gave it a proper try and I managed to get the floss between the teeth near the bands and managed to get the floss down on some of them, so the worry seemed to ease a little bit - it still takes me FOREVER to floss, but I'd rather it take tha...

Today my teeth are a little bit more tender, I think the chicken and vegies was a bit ambitious yesterday as chewing is a little slower and sore today, so I think I'll stick to the softer substances for at least the next few days. I've got a few questions for those with bands on their molars, in the...

Thanks Karen & Braced Again, it's been going well so far, dinner was interesting, I managed to eat chicken schnitzel (although I had to cut off the breadcrumb part) some macaroni cheese, which I later found strewn everywhere as well as boiled peas and corn, which was also shredded up between the...

Just got home from the ortho’s office and I’m all braced up!! It feels soooooo weird, but really not that bad, I know that’ll change in the next few days as my mouth and teeth start to adjust to the changes, but I was really dreading the worst when I went in there, but as usual they were all V...

Thanks for your tips regarding the photographs, but I'm still having a little bit of trouble, these are the best I could come up with, I think I need a bit more practice, and also maybe a camera that isn't 5 years old as well ;) So this is my 4th day in spacers, they've started to settle into place ...