Metal Mouth Message Board

Thanks for the encouraging words guys! Much appreciated!

I purchased the Oral-B Braces Care Essentials Brushes kit at Personal Touch a Braun retailer here in Toronto. But I have seen the same kit on E-Bay for around $9.00 plus shipping.

Thanks to the members who responded to the questions I posted regarding the problems I was experiencing with just recently being braced (uppers only). If they can come up with an alternative to using metal bands the 2 years will fly by quickly for me! I was braced last week at 34 yrs old after putti...

Today it isn't bothering me as much anymore,I guess because the soreness is gone. Managed to eat a toasted bagel today. But the metal bands are annoying as hell while eating--I had 4 extractions as well so that doesn't help matters either!

Hi Carrie: I just had 4 extractions done last week at Dental Anaesthesia Associates in downtown Toronto. I was put to sleep for approx 2.5 hours. I would recommend for that many extractions you get anaesthesia. The last thing I remembered was sitting in the Dentist chair and him giving me an injecti...

I am a first timer my braces went on yesterday. So far I only have them on my upper teeth. I am having problems with metal bands that they used. One in particular on my back molar I can feel my lower molar bite into whenever I clench my back teeth. Has anyone experienced this problem before, does it...

Just had braces put on for the first time yesterday, so far so good except the right metal band on my upper molar is giving me grief. My Ortho had a difficult time getting it to fit and apparently tweaked it a bit before putting it on—tooth is now very sore and I can feel my lower molar bite into ...