Metal Mouth Message Board

@hopelessjen

Hey and welcome to this board! Great that you took the decision to improve your health & teeth. I am sure you will feel brilliant all the way!!!!!

Good luck with your journey!!!

Sunny greetings from Germany

Actually my Ortho does not give me the chance to chose - he's only using those clear ligs.....and that's why I am really paranoid about coffee & red wine now (have read your experiences with these clear ones already)

Anyways, I am getting wire ligatures soon anyway

BRILLIANT!!! Thanks a lot - actually I will take a copy of this thread and adopt some of your routines - they really sound very reasonable and more than helpful! Since I got my braces, some parts of my gums are REALLY sensitive, just like the feeling if you touch the neck of a tooth which is lying i...

Hi there! You are BRILLIANT! Thanks for the speedy feedback!!!! I brush about 3 - 5 times a day and was just not sure if that was fine or not. Due to lazyness I reduced my meals to 3 fixed meals anyway ;-) And I will definitely do this salt water rinse you suggested, Karen! Thanks a million!!!!!!!

As you might know, I had my braces put on last Thursday. And as I already thought, I am really getting paranoid about tooth decay etc so my feeling is that I should brush right away, even if I just had something like a little ice cream or milk shake. Now a colleague of mine hinted that it might not ...

Hi Mmmmuuaa! And welcome to this board! What kind of splint will you get? I only have experiences with loose upper braces that were intended to widen the palate. These upper braces had a screw build in that I had to widen every week - that was not too bad and not painful at all. Do you know already ...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!

And have a great vacation in Australia!!!!!

Bridget

Hi Elleann, My ortho predicted treatment time of about 9 months, if I am lucky 6 months. After that I will have to get those fixed retainers forever, otherwise my teeth will just move again.... This is the second time in my life that I am wearing braces - had the first when I was a teenage girl, tha...

Hi Lisa! I just wanted to say: don't worry to much! You will be fine!!! My experience was that sitting there and holding the mouth open was the most exhausting part - the rest really isn't t that bad, it's rather boring to be honest. I got my upper and lower ceramics yesterday and it's just a weird ...

Hi Lisa! I just wanted to say: don't worry to much! You will be fine!!! My experience was that sitting there and holding the mouth open was the most exhausting part - the rest really isn't t that bad, it's rather boring to be honest. I got my upper and lower ceramics yesterday and it's just a weird ...

Hi Pippy!

Great photo!!!

I am very cautious with solid food, too - just had soups and milk shakes so far and LOTS of Water to drink right after )

At least, my diet is now FULL of calcium and water and I guess that's good for the body AND for the teeth

Sunny greetings - Bridget

Hi there! It's done - I'm wired now. This is me before it happened: http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4674/vorher13de.th.jpg I got my upper and lower ceramics yesterday morning - after having spent 3 hours more or less "upside down" in the ortho's chair! Unfortunately not the whole job is...

Hi there!! I sympathise with you!!!! Am feeling hungry, too - I got mine on yesterday also and since then have been feeding myself on either liquid or really soft thinks (mainly milk drinks and mashed potatoes) But I guess this will be getting better within the next few days!!! So good luck with you...

Hi there! Good to hear that things are great at your end!

I guess after all I heard I will just ban spinach and long spaghettis from my diet and add some ice cream and milk shakes instead!

I'll be back tomorrow with some before and after pics

How does it go with yours, llyolf by the way?