Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi again ... Wow .. I am amazed at how everyone here is so nice and helpful! Payoki, my bite plate is similar to a retainer as Lisa65 explained, except mine is fixed and cannot be removed. I do not know how long I have to have it in for. Although I always ask the assistant for an estimate of how muc...

thanks for replying susieq. I did talk to my ortho about it and he is the one that prescribed the medicated mouthwash. Not only does the mouthwash totally make my mouth realllllyyy dry, I start getting cuts on my tongue and stuff. I have been using the mouthwash for like a month now and it has not h...

Hi everyone, I'm new here and I did search the forums and didn't find anything similar to my problem. I recently got a bite plate to fix my overbite, the only problem is that the plate keeps hitting against the gums of my front teeth. Now there seems to be some gum tissue growing in the space betwee...