Metal Mouth Message Board

I also got braces due to TMJ issues. Went through about 10 years of "temporary" treatments but nothing ever fixed it. Took a break for a few years and just lived with the pain, but then looked into braces for cosmetics, and the orthodontist wouldn't go near braces without dealing with the ...

It's a cranky, ranting day... Almost 3 weeks since the last adjustment and i'm still in pain. Things are moving very quickly - I can wake up in the morning and see gaps where there were none the night before. It's dramatic (which is good) , but is causing no end of hurt and frustration. I had to hav...

Another adjustment today... - reposition a bracket on the front bottom - powerchains only on the right side underneath the wire- centre to back molar - powerchains on the top cainines back to molars, both sides - powerchains over the top front 2 teeth - lighter bottom wire - continue with the elasti...

For me, it's been 25 lbs and counting that i've lost. It needed to happen, so i'm not at all disappointed. And i'm hoping it will be permanent, since i've been braced for almost a year now. It hasn't been a matter of not eating, but just picking different foods. For whatever reason, I haven't been a...

Many thanks for the support and kind thoughts. It's not as simple as dehydration or blood sugar (I wish it was). Preliminary tests ruled all that stuff out. And yes, it would have been much worse going down face-first! Part of the problem yesterday was the terrible medicine I was supposed to take. I...

So this isn't actually a braces update, but everything ties together, right? It's been a very unpleasant week. I got dizzy and blacked out at work early this week. Fell off my chair and hit my head pretty hard on the floor. Co-workers called an ambulance and I spent all of the day and part of the ni...

Yeah, it's been hard to adjust to this new stuff. Plus i'm starting to get a rash on the corners of my mouth, so it's off to see a doctor to see if i'm allergic to the rubber in the elastics. When it was only a few hours of wear a day, it wasn't that bad but now it's one more annoyance on top of the...

My ortho started my treatment with a split that kept getting shaved down until the TMJ joint was as back in place as it was going to get. But once the braces went on there was too much movement for the split to fit anymore. I actually tried it on about 8 months into braces and there was no way in he...

And it's adjustment time again! I suspected today was going to be busy, and I wasn't disappointed: - a new stronger wire on the lowers - powerchain all around the lowers - from 1st molar on one side to 1st molar on the other side. - new powerchain on the top front 4 teeth - the same fox elastics, bu...

I can't add too many more, but: - Never breathe through your mouth when it's -30 degrees outside. The end result is pretty similar to sticking your tongue to a metal flagpole, but not quite as painful to remove. Coffee or hot chocolate helps! - It's a lot easier to justify spending $100 on a toothbr...

It was actually my hygenist that recommended I come in every 4 months. I can do that because my insurance pays for so-many "units of time" per year, and the more regularly I go in, the less units it takes for each visit. Plus, the hygenist that I normally go to has just finished her own tr...

Solidarity indeed! I had a stomach flu before christmas, and caught a sinus cold that's lasted for the last week or so. It really sucks! The pounding and pressure in my head is worse than the pain of the braces, so it's a distraction, I guess. My next adjustment isn't for another 2 weeks, so I hope ...

Solidarity indeed! I had a stomach flu before christmas, and caught a sinus cold that's lasted for the last week or so. It really sucks! The pounding and pressure in my head is worse than the pain of the braces, so it's a distraction, I guess. My next adjustment isn't for another 2 weeks, so I hope ...

Not a lot new to update on. My next adjustment isn't until Jan 25. But i'm noticing that i'm starting to bite down and hit the lower brackets, especially when the elastics are in at night. When I wake up in the morning my bottoms are jammed up right against the back of my front teeth so i'm a little...

I was very hesitant to buy one, but it's been one of the best investments i've made - mine was an oral b as well, but either one would likely be fine. Absoutely recommend it! Make sure to get one that has different speed settings. For the first few days (plus the days right after an adjustment) you ...