Metal Mouth Message Board

Tomorrow is my big day, and I am so nervous that I am sick! These last 2 weeks with spacers in has gone by so slow and I couldn't wait for tomorrow to come, but now that it's almost here I'm am freaking out! I hope everything goes well. I will try to post some pictures tomorrow after I get the brace...

Happy Birthday!

Stephanie

LOL that's funny! How could you forget that? lol Let us know how it goes Thursday. I get my upper braces that day too!

Stephanie

Wow! That's great! Now I'm really excited to get my braces next week!

Stephanie

Thanks Attagirl2! I will take my tooth brush with me just incase!

Stephanie

Thank you Julie. I hope my ortho cleans my teeth first! And I'll be sure to ask for that wax...lol.

Stephanie

Thanks Kevin!

Stephanie

Ok, this is probably a dumb question, but when I go next Thursday to get these spacers out and get my braces on, will they clean and floss my teeth before they put the braces on, or will they let me brush my teeth or anything? I just really want to clean between the teeeth where the spacers are. Ste...

Pirate Wench, I feel exactly the same way. I get my uppers on the 15th too. I am worried most about how I will look and people's reactions. (Especially my husband, who has been in Iraq for a year and will come home to a wife in braces.) I just can't wait to get these spacers out. They are driving me...

Thank you for the welcome!! I'm so glad I found you guys!

Stephanie

Yeah, I stocked up on Advil and Tylenol, and I bought lots of soft food just incase I couldn't chew. But so far the spacers haven't bothered me at all. Mine are rubber though, maybe the metal ones are more painful.

Stephanie

Sydguy,
How long after getting the spacers on did they start to bother you?

Stephanie

Hi Julie, I keep wondering if the spacers are going to start hurting me. When I got them put on yesterday, the doctor told me I better go home and eat right away because they were going to start hurting in about 4-6 hours and I wouldn't be able to eat. So I went home and ate a lot thinking I wouldn'...

Thank you for the welcomes and words of advice. It has been almost 24 hours and the spacers are still not bothering me!! =)

Hi, my name is Stephanie. I am 27 years old and I'm getting braces on my top teeth on June 15th. I got my spacers put on today. Are they supposed to hurt? My orthodontist told me that they would start to hurt in 4-6 hours. Well, it has been about 10 hours now and they are not hurting yet. Anyway, I ...