Metal Mouth Message Board

I'm another twenty-something British girl. I have upper and lower ceramics and have been wearing them for about 4 months. It's definately been worth it as my top teeth have really straigtened out. It going to cost about £2500 in total - a lot of money! I like having ceramics as they are definatey l...

Great :D so glad it is a good thing getting thicker wire. I've had my upper braces on for just under 3 months and my teeth do seem to be better aligned, they just need pushing back a lot (I have an overbite). My ortho doesn't really explain stuff or say how my teeth are doing - he just does things t...

On my first adjustment my ortho just changed the ligs. On my second adjustment he put on a much thicker wire. He didn't say why he did this and I didn't realise it was a lot thicker until I'd left the office. Does anyone kinow whether this thicker wire is a good or bad thing? Does it mean my teeth a...

Thanks for all your replies :D Lucyloop: have just bought some Aquafresh extreme clean and will be using it from now on to see if I can get any improvement. Will also get some of that hydrogen peroxide solution, Lisa65. I think a bleaching solution is what I need to get some of this staining off. Ju...

I really need some help! I have clear ligs around my ceramic brackets (upper and lower). I try and avoid food that stains, but I ate some yellow coloured rice two days ago. Despite immediately realising that my ligs were stained and brushing my teeth straightaway, the ligs remain a bright yellow col...

I also got my braces on about a month ago and totally agree with what has been said about people not talking about it! I have ceramic uppers with a metal wire which aren't really noticeable from a distance but clearly visible close-up. I'm also in my twenties and British so braces aren't really comm...

Hi Kirsty

I'm also in Birmingham and was wondering if you could give me a clue about the orthodontist to avoid??