Metal Mouth Message Board

I was counting on losing a few pounds, and initially I did because it was so much hassle to floss and brush after eating each time. Then I got a Waterpik and so I didn't concern myself with what I ate. I've had braces since June and didn't loose a pound until I went on the Medifast diet and have los...

I never thought spacers were that big a deal, but my ortho did my uppers and lowers at the same time except for the molar bands. He did the upper spacers on my second appt, then did the bands a week later. Tomorrow he's doing the bottom spacers and the lower bands a week later. I think the fact I'm ...

I think your teeth look great, but I know how that when you get braces you tend to obsess over your teeth. I have the opposite problem. My ortho is trying to create a gap between my right front tooth and canine (I had this pulled as a teenager because it grew out of the roof of my mouth). My upper t...

I've only tried colored ligs once, a coral color. I hated it because it always looked like I had lipstick on my teeth. A lot of people on here say silver is good, and light pink. You're right about the yellow ones. I just go in every month and get my clear ones changed. You pay the same amount for t...

Good idea, BB, I never thought of that. I'll be on the lookout for it.

Hey Blonde_Metal04, I spent my first, second, and third grade in Colorado (Greeley), then moved to Texas, and stayed there until I graduated High School. I always told everyone I was going back, and they didn't believe it, but I graduated, joined the Air Force, got out, then moved back to Boulder to...

I've just had the opportunity to get back on this thread and I see we are divided into two camps-nothing wrong with that. And, some people can't take a joke, too bad for them. Again, back to the original thread. Will we go on TV, meet Mr. Right, make a million dollars after getting braces? No. Did a...

I know immediately I'll be getting an implant for the the missing tooth I have between my canine and front tooth (it was growing in the roof of my mouth, and my dentist I had as a child said "you don't need that" and pulled it out). Once they open a gap, they'll put a "plastic tooth&q...

Thanks, KK, I don't get on here as much as you, so I didn't see that post. Ick about the water on the airplane-I seldom eat on the plane, anyway, but it's definitly good to know should I decide to ever brush there. My problem is the layovers-since I live out in the middle of nowhere, I always have c...

I panicked when I found out about the new carry-on travel restrictions because I travel 50% of the time for work, often between the UK and America. Much of my food consuption is in airports-and what to do about brushing? Ack! I tried to find old-fashioned tooth powder since you can't bring toothpast...

The best way to keep your lips moist, I've found, is to make sure you're very well hydrated. For the past few years I make sure I drink a lot of water and my lips, which were perpetually chapped, became smooth. I have always used lip balm. I'm from Colorado where it's really dry, but the water is be...

rage31 -I'm from Boulder and used to do the 3-day ride for the Children's Hospital, that was always a lot of fun, did you ever do that one? I really miss all the rides there. I never have time for RAGBRAI here, but I've done little MS 1-day rides. I paid towards your ride, then I found out my best f...

I've never been certain why my parents were like this, but if I had a runny nose, my Mom would run me off to a doctor, but my gums could be swollen out 5mm and she'd never do a thing. My Dad had perfect teeth, never had a cavity, completely straight, and my Mom's were awful-discolored, too small, cr...

That was it, I couldn't remember the name. More expensive, but probably easier.

Did anyone ever suggest that a clinically depressed person would feel better by getting braces? No, no one did. You guys are just too much. I've heard nothing as fake as the self rightous drivel I've read on this post. Gosh, gotta go, must jump off a curb now because I'm not as blissfully well-adjus...