Metal Mouth Message Board

What are the refill items most likely to be needed after purchasing one of the Dentakits? Are most easily available locally at drugstores, or do you really need to get them from the Dentakit co.? If hard to find, I figure I may as well buy them when ordering the kit, but am not sure what are truly w...

After lots of research, I'm finally planning on getting clear GAC In-Ovations put on me in January. Has anyone else had any experience with these, positive or negative? They are self-ligating like the Damon-3, but are clear on the top/bottoms except for metal on the 2 back molar teeth that don't sho...

Interesting--but now you've got me wondering about just what we ate while there! I was already a bit nervous about parasites possibly in the raw fish they fed us (pickled in some acidic juice), and don't recall eatoing any curry. What's it got, lots of insects & their eggs? BTW, I accidentally m...

Were you thinking of the usual type recipes, or presumably mainly ones for those who can't chew much after adjustments or eat certain foods due to the braces?

KK, I empathize with your pain at leaving Fiji--gorgeous place! Although I must say, I don't miss those awful sea snakes we had swimming about in front of our seaside hotel once--sure put a damper on wanting to do any swimming. I agree that the mind/body connection is very important in health, and I...

When I asked the receptionist (at a consult ortho done today) how many patients they saw a day, I was shocked to hear 55-75 per day! (This is not a "group" practice, it's a solo ortho with 6 or so assistants. She said he does place all the brackets and bands himself at least, but it has me...

KK, that's interesting that you don't absorb Vit. C. Have you looked into any special enzymes supplements? There's a special German product out called "Rechts Regulat" --you can google for more info on that. Some lyme patients say it was crucial to helping them get well, building their imm...

I forgot to mention the ortho today didn't seem to think replacing the crowns would be necessary after treatment in order to keep a good bite. He said he didn't often have problems with crowns coming off, etc. either, which was good to hear.

Thanks for the replies. The ortho I saw today said he would band the crowns--said likely brackets wouldn't hold. He didn't think the composite bonding on front teeth would require bands. Unfortunately, he won't use Damons--says he's tried them and had too many problems with brackets breaking off, ga...

Thanks for the replies. The ortho I spoke to today was very interested in my case, as he just got a tick bite himself, so I spent some of our appt. time educating him about how researchers have recently shown (and videotaped) how lyme can persist in a protected cell-wall deficient form--one that can...

Yuummmm, Gelato! Maybe they added some sort of food coloring dyes to intensify the color? Ditto to just ask for the ingredient list.

Betty Bat, were you taking any calcium supplements that might have caused a calcium build-up on the brackets along with plaque? I'm wondering if Citrical pills affect that, as when I upped my dose once, I started getting a new white plaque on the insides of my front lower teeth, and my hygienist sai...

Thanks again for all the replies. SuefromNJ, I'm so sorry to hear about your bone problems and I would firmly ask for more answers myself, as well as do some google internet research on it, as was suggested. Were you taking any calcium supplements or eating plenty of calcium rich foods while wearing...

Thanks, everyone for the replies. I have seen three orthos to date, and have two to go before deciding. Every one of them has been completely different in what they use and say they would do, so it's hard to decide. I didn't think my case was all that difficult, but as my dentist said, if you go to ...

Thanks for all the replies. I'll let you know what I find out. I am particularly concerned because I had been on Fosamax for some months time a couple of years back, so I am also concerned about the potential jaw necrosis problem associated with those meds. I haven't found anyone with experience wit...