Metal Mouth Message Board

I've made it through week one - and that included a 4 day trip up to New York. The steakhouse dinner was a challenge as expected - taking very small bites was the key. I used wax on the lower braces for about 4 days - the underside of my tongue is a lot more sensitive than the upper part. I guess I ...

Day 3 and the metal brackets are starting to feel familiar to my mouth and not like foreign objects. My tongue has settled into a new and comfortable position. (It's wierd when your tongue doesn't know where it "lives" anymore). There is a lot of pressure on my front teeth so hopefullt the...

You will like them - they really are invisible. I prefer having the lingual brackets to the labial ceramics I had previously. My cheeks were more sensitive to the bulky ceramics than my tongue is to the metal lingual brackets, and it is much easier to put wax on the linguals because they are hidded ...

Well, it's day 2 and so far so good. I have stuck with a soft diet (my teeth are sore if I try to chew), but my tongue is ok. I have put wax on my lower braces after rinsing with peroxyl wash (a hydrogen peroxide solution) and seeing one or two white areas under my tongue (can't feel them though). M...

I have linguals on the upper and lower - only got them yesterday so too soon to give you any good advice except to say it is much better than I expected. No real discomfort at all yet. Teeth are a bit achy, but that is to be expected no matter what type of braces you have. So far I prefer the lingua...

Yes, I'm sure this is too good to last - I have the wax and silicone earplugs (somebody suggested those!) ready and waiting. Glad to hear you got over the discomfort quickly.

I agree - you sound like the poster child for invisalign. The problem is invisalign is being recommended for much more complex cases than yours.

Well, after posting about my bad experience with invisalign on the other board (3 years of treatment left me with uneven teeth vertically, an open bite, cross bite and a 6mm overjet!!), I had my lingual braces fitted today. So far so good - it has only been a few hours. They are really comfortable (...

Goodluck Ria. Invisalign is easy to get used to. Read aloud to get your speech back to normal quickly. As diehard says I would put new trays in at night so that you can go a full 12 hours without removing them for the first time. I used to take 2 advil as well, and would normally wake up without too...

"the reason i went with invisilign is simple i live in uk and im 27 and without invisalign i would not have made the step of having treatment" I am 44, and went with the invisalign for much the same reason. My alternative was to have the rotated tooth veneered, and not bother about the gap...

Sorry - just a reality check for those who may have doubts about invisalign at the outset.
My ortho insisted that I complete each set of trays before a revision was ordered. I had 4 revisions done in total.

I started my orthodontic treatment 3 years ago. I had slight overjet, slight crowding on the top with one rotated incisor. On the lower jaw I had 2 gaps in my back teeth (one on each side) - not visible under normal circumstances. Orthodontist suggested invisalign on the top and ceramic braces on th...