Metal Mouth Message Board

I know the feeling. I was the matron of honor at my sisters wedding this past weekend and would have definitely preferred to not have had the braces on for the photos. I have read on here about people paying extra to take off their braces for their wedding and having them put back on afterward. So t...

I had read some articles about orthos doing research with giving the hormone relaxin to patients to try and speed up the treatment process. Relaxin is a pregnancy hormone released to help move pelvis bone etc. So needless to say when I found out I was pregnant I was extra thrilled thinking I could g...

I too am el preggo with a metal mouth. I can't use the orabase cause the taste of it makes me want to heave. If I could still use it though they sell it at all of my local grocery stores.

I had a similar delima when I first got braced. I wanted ceramics so as not to be the old lady with a metal mouth. I ended up going with the Damon 3 for a couple reasons. The main reason was the ortho I went to for the ceramics gave me an estimated treatment time of 22 months. The estimated time I w...

My orhto appointment yesterday sucked to say the least. I'm in Damons and this is my 4th adjustment. Each time before it has been relatively painless. I was a little annoyed at the rather large gap that opened between my front two teeth after my last adjustment so I mentioned it to my ortho yesterda...

Is it just me?? I went to the site for the procedure and seems to me that all the bites are still messed up. Most of them looked like they still had an over bite the top teeth were angled forward a lot and the back teeth didn't seem to line up anymore. Don't know about the rest of you but the most i...

I have TMJ and had a similar problem when I first got braced. The clenching/grinding at night was making my jaw act up. I called my ortho and got a soft splint which is just a custom made mouth guard. Since then I have had almost no jaw pain since. As my teeth move and the splint doesn't fit as well...

I've only been braced for 10 weeks and have almost no crowding left but still have 9 months of treatment left. Orthodontics is not all about making your teeth straight for a good smile. As they move your bite changes so it takes longer to align your teeth up with each other the way they should be. S...

Boy was I ever naive!! My friends told me horror stories about them growing up with braces and how bad it hurt every month to have the wire cranked tighter and me in my own silly world though Gee I have self litigating braces no cranking just simply open the doors and slide in a new thicker wire no ...

I felt the same way seemed no matter how much I was brushing still had something on them. That's when I realized I do have something on them (other than the obvious metal) They put a sealant on my teeth before putting the braces on and you can see the circular pattern of the sealant around the edges...

Same thing here I always wore a night guard before for clenching got braces for TMJ symptoms and the clenching was waaay worse once I got them on. My othro made me what they called a soft splint. Worked great for a couple of weeks but with the shifting of my teeth it doesn't fit for long. A splint d...

What is a powerchain? I see people posting about them but no clue what they are.. I have self litigating braces so don't know if they use them or not?? Is it a type of ligatures?

my braces are strictly for my jaw although I do have some minor crowding on lowers.. my half time statment is based on the 2 consultations I got the first with traditional braces was told 2 years and the second consultation was for damons with seperate ortho and was told 10 - 13 months. I'm not sayi...

I am 30 also and was in same exact boat as you. I was almost dead set on ceramics when I finally decided to get braces but found out you can't get Damon's in full ceramic. Then I had to decide wether I wanted to cut treatment time in half and get damons that were metal (upper front 6 is 1/2 ceramic ...

I felt exact same way. The day after I was braced I had to go to a dinner function for my husbands work my mouth hurt and they had NO pasta on the menu.. but that's a different story. The first day it just felt weird putting my mouth over the braces but in the car on the way to dinner I was trying t...