Metal Mouth Message Board

Hey Labyrinth, Welcome it is nice to hear from another 20 something who is going through all of this for the second time. I suppose this board an website is like a support group. Handy tips and great support from a lot of people who are in the same boat as us. Makes you feel slightly less alone. Lau...

Meryaten - thanks for the advice, though I find the worst time is in the morning once I wake up cos my mouth gets so dry while I am asleep, I literally have to prise my mouth away from the brackets and the elastics!

Lau xx

Hey,

I am also in the UK. I have ceramic uppers and lowers and I am paying £3,500 which I pay in monthly installments.

Lau xx

Hey, Welcome it is nice to hear from another UK Member, as you say sometimes I also feel like I am the only one in the UK going through this. Congrats on the braces finally being put on, and time will fly. I have ceramic uppers and lowers and have been given an estimated sentence of 18 months and I ...

I am now on my third type of elastics since starting wearing braces just over 5 months ago. And each time the pain is within about the first few days and then it settles down, then for the rest of the month it only tends to hurt every now and again. This month has been quite bad, i have a triangle c...

If in doubt drink your tea and coffee through a straw. I have ceramic braces on the top and bottom teeth and have to be careful not to stain my clears (am not brave enough to go with the coloured ones!) so straws are now my best friend!

Lau xx

If i ever wrote an autobiography I would call it "life through a straw"!

These triangle elastics are making my teeth really sore today "sob" "sob"!

Lau xx

Good on Russell but part of me thinks that he should be out and proud about it and wear his invisalign (if that is what he has got) even when he is working - cos it sounds like he is a bit ashamed about it all! Also Steve Jones who presents T4 had lingual braces, not sure if he still has them, thoug...

Thanks KK for your support (as always). I have found it hard to give up the staining foods especially tomato and BBQ sauce, but I have just gotta think that it isn't forever and I can't wait for the day till they come off so I can eat a pizza and smother it in BBQ sauce! hope all is well with you. L...

Hey, I am just back from my 5th adjustment (doesn't time fly). I don't have to wear the box elastic on my front teeth for the time being (thank goodness for that!), as there has been notable difference and movement while wearing it for the last 2 months. It is really weird as my top front teeth now ...

Hey, Had to go in for an emergency appointment today as one of my ligs fell off. My original appt was for Tuesday 28 and I thought that maybe I could wait till then but when I phoned my ortho's office to ask they said that I should really come in before then. So today the ortho changed all my ligs a...

Hey,

It is costing me £3,500 for ceramic uppers and lowers, which I pay in monthy installments (and it is making me so poor!). I have been given an 18 month sentence in braces.

Lau xx

Hi Gas Panic,

Thanks for the encouragement - good luck with your treatment too. The changes that occcur in 3 months are really amazing - here's to the next few months and the changes that go along with them.

KK - thank you once again for your support as well.

Lau xx

I have ceramic braces on the top and bottom and they are not that noticable. They can only really be seen close up. I have been braced for about 3 months now and some of my work colleagues who I speak to on a daily basis were surprised when I said that I had braces as they didnt even notice them. On...

I got elastics at my 2nd adjustment. they were attached to by lower back molar band up to the 3 tooth along from the molar band at the top (if that maks sense). After my 3rd adjustment on Tuesday i am now wearing one elastic from my two top front teeth, down to my two bottom front teeth, in a kind o...