Metal Mouth Message Board

I have damon's on and asked Dr. Damon about this last week when I went in for mouth guard.. I have brackets on my bottom 2 back molars but no wire through it. He said they do this with the light wire because it is too light and pops out a lot and they'll put the wire though my next appointment when ...

I have TMJ and have been told for years I was goign to have to have my jaw broke and reset to even help slightly. I got braces put on in June and within a couple weeks of having them put on I stopped getting migraines from my jaw and the clicking has almost stopped. So I'd say yes it can help TMJ. M...

What a machine this is. I can't believe how much pressure you get from it. I was expecting something along the lines of the water thing at the dentist OH MY was I ever wrong. My tongue stings! Can't remember the last time my gums bled like they did after I used this thing either. I'm going to take t...

I agree.. nothing is absolutely necessary extra but I've been trying out all the nick nacks to see what makes it easier. antything that speeds the process up even a bit is worth it to me as brushing 4 times a day at 15 minutes each time adds up lol. I can say that I have bought more toothbrushes in ...

The box says healthier gums in 14 days guaranteed so must do something good.. If I can ever figure out how to use it I'll let you know if it helps.

So I ran out and bought a waterpik yesterday because everyone on here raves about them. I got the cordless rechargable version. First time I tried to use it I think more water ended up in my nose, on the mirror, over the floor and soaking my clothes than what stayed in my mouth. Of course there aren...

everyone talks about this waterpik is it like a hummingbird? I don't see how it could replace flossing and getting under the gums. If it does though I'm going to have to rush out and buy one it takes me 10 minutes to floss my teeth as well simply because I can't reach those top rear molars to get fl...

Before I had braces put on I imagined EVERYONE was going to make some sort of comment when seeing metal in my 30 something mouth. I was WRONG. It's been a nice surprise that most people just really don't care. For example my step daughter whom I hadn't seen in 8 months came to visit she didn't know ...

Saw Dr. Damon yesterday and asked the question to him as why the wire isn't through my back molars as well.. The answer I got was that this first thin wire is not designed to moved the teeth from their position but rather to rotate them where they currently are and the thinner wire tends to fall out...

I have lost 7 lbs in 5 weeks. I think that once I start breaking the food rules I'll stop losing.. just had a baby so the brace diet is working great for me.

So I went and saw Dr. Damon today and sure enough my teeth were sealed together.. It wasn't cement as I first thought but the sealant that they put on your teeth before the braces go on seeped into the cracks. Hopefully they'll move faster now that they aren't pasted together too lol

not around these two teeth.. I can't get the floss in at all. I thought maybe they got cement in the crack or something I never had problems flossing them before I got the brackets put on. So if you don't floss what do you do? I always thought flossing was a big pain in the rear but now that I have ...

I have tried a few types of floss the first was the colgate glide or whatever the one is with the single strips of floss with one end hard. I finally settled on those loops you put the floss through I end up tying one end of the floss to the loop. I decided on this one for a couple reasons 1 the har...

I have my first "emergency" appointment tomorrow. I am clenching my teeth at night and hitting one particular tooth chipping a step out of it so I am being fitted with a soft split to save my teeth night time trauma.

Since I had my braces put on I have 2 teeth I can not floss (same tooth upper and lower) I can't tell if it's cement from the putting on the brackets or if my teeth just moved closer together.. Anyone have problems flossing certain teeth throughout treatment? I also have one heck of a time flossing ...