Metal Mouth Message Board

I'm currently using Fastbraces (www.fastbraces.com). I had them put on Oct. 24th and will have to wear them for 6 months. Though I didn't get a choice between ceramic and metal braces, I figure the short time I'll spend in braces makes it a moot point. Heck, I've already started to notice my teeth s...

Hey Tanya, I'm going through exactly the same thing right now. I had my braces put on last Tuesday, and as of now, it's no picnic. I'm having self-image problems, smiling feels uncomfortable, one of my brackets is irritating my gums (though it's starting to go away), and my lips are also becoming dr...

Thanks a lot for the advice. It makes a big difference knowing there are people who I can talk to who are going through the same thing. I should have just took the time to read the literature from the office in the first place, since it explains everything there. Apparently, the new technology (the ...

Today was my first day in braces using the Viazis bracket (www.fastbraces.com). Turns out I'll only have to wear these things for 6 months, after having gone through expanders for my upper and lower part of my mouth. So, the good news is that I can articulate perfectly without the expanders, now tha...

Today was my first day in braces using the Viazis bracket (www.fastbraces.com). Turns out I'll only have to wear these things for 6 months, after having gone through expanders for my upper and lower part of my mouth. So, the good news is that I can articulate perfectly without the expanders, now tha...

Not sure about braces, but my ortho installed the lower expander in my mouth today. At this point, I have both lower and upper expanders. Talking is, once again, hard, but I know its for the best.

I just got expanders put in my lower arch. Before going in, I thought that the lower ones would be much easier to adapt to than the top ones, since I assumed that the lower appliance wouldn't interfere with the movement of the tongue. Silly me. :roll: Talking seems even harder than before, and I can...

Cool, I've got the same expander. I have my next appointment soon, but I'm anticipating that they'll ask me to keep it in another month to stabilize the expansion. Oh, well. I guess it's worth it in the end.

Thank you so much for taking the time to write that detailed reply, Rory (and of course, thanks to everyone else). The explanation you provided makes complete sense and I feel much more at ease. At first, I wasn't sure whether or not the molars on my left side were tipping instead of expanding, but ...

After thinking about braces for about a year, I decided to take the plunge in late May and use the Viazis bracket (fastbraces.com). Before braces, however, they said that I would need to use expanders. They put the top expander in first (I currently do NOT have the bottom one in) and told me to turn...