Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi Eagle -- You wrote I really wish I'd see ANOTHER adult in braces...I think that would help me lots! (I STILL haven't seen another adult in braces...only younglings). I had to laugh. I saw someone in braces for the first time the other night -- someone I don't really know very well and only see ma...

Have you thought about contacting the orthodontists' associations? Many orthos will belong to their professional association which usually has a website and sends some sort of newsletter or journal to its members on a monthly basis. I just did a search and found the American Association of Orthodont...

Hi Lionfish -- I've found a way to eat corn on the cob. Before you get too excited, no, I don't bite the stuff off the cob. But if you apply very sharp knife to corn and shave it off the cob, you can eat it! And you can still smother it with butter. Almost as good as the real thing, hey? Yeah -- but...

Hi Eaglesoaring -- They are strange, huh? I'm at about the same place where you are, no real pain, but squishy teeth that do hurt a bit if I bite down too hard, and it seems like I'm always aware of them. I know what you mean by smiling, too. I feel like I'm baring my front teeth at people when I sm...

I think the only things on my "official" no-no list are corn-on-the-cob, tortilla or other hard, crunchy chips, hard bread crusts, chewy caramel and popcorn. I tend to go by my own, unofficial list of no-no's though depending on what I can or can't chew. Still can't really bite into anythi...

that's a bummer! I had to wait a month and thought that was too long. Here's to hoping someone will cancel and you can get their slot!

I'm on a monthly plan. My ortho offered two options: pay it all upfront and save about $200 or put a $1000 or so down and pay $200 monthly, no interest. One of the things I read when I was trying to decide about braces is that it's usually a good idea to make the monthly payments -- just in the remo...

I don't know, but it looks like it would be a great food trapper! Good luck brushing!

Not sure what mine are officially called, but I've got two hooks on the insides of my top molar bands. I affectionately call them the "shredders." I used LOTS of wax, replaced after every time I eat. I've slowly weaned myself off the wax, though I have to use it every now and then when my ...

Hi Silverwolftec2006, I'm so sorry for your loss. Our pets always live on with us, though, don't they?

Good for you!! Smile with those braces on, too! Show off your decision to improve yourself

Hi Lisa65, I don't care about people seeing I have braces and I'm a slightly wacky kind of person who doesn't care what anyone else thinks about how I look - AND I want purple ligs, hence the full metal choice. If you go with the metal and want the purple to show, be sure you go with a light or brig...

I thought the spacers were actually a good stepping stone into the braces -- they kinda got me ready for what was coming next. Like everyone says, they feel like something stuck between your teeth. I had them for a week (four on top and four on the bottom -- on the sides of the four teeth they put t...

It's really a small world when you think about it, huh? Isn't the Internet a wonderful thing? Anyway -- welcome! I've been braced for 16 days now (but who's counting!). I had them as a teen, too. Did you have the full bands on all your teeth? It's sure different now. My only advice is to stock up on...

I saw this post a while ago and wondered what was happening with it. A cookbook sounds like a great idea. It seems like a lot of us are obsessed with what we can and -- more likely! -- can't eat. What if we created a new section on the message board for food/recipes -- that way we could collect ever...