Metal Mouth Message Board

So I managed to get up enough courage to call my ortho last night (Thanks to all of your helpful posts) and she told me to wait until my next appt. to have it fixed - my next appt is the 28th of July. Has anyone ever had to wait that long to have a bracket fixed? (I'm starting to wonder if I should ...

This just isn't right. I went in last Thursday to have 2 brackets replaced and the one he replaced on my front tooth POPPED right back off on Saturday! So here I sit Tuesday afternoon too scared I'll be mocked and scorned for choosing clear brackets to call and try to get an emergency appointment. O...

Thank you all so much!

I feel validated for being so upset yesterday and I appreciate all your great advice.

I'll post a follow up after my visit on Thursday.

I really can't thank you all enough for helping me so much!


THANK YOU!

:cry: Hi, I'm new here and new to braces. I'm 26 and I finally got braced June 30 - ceramics on top and metal on bottom. When I decided on ceramics the dental assistant was pretty scary in trying to convince me to go with metal for my entire mouth. I had really thought about it though and decided I ...