Metal Mouth Message Board

Thanks with your help on remembering what type of floss it was. I love using it and it makes my mouth feel so good. I got mine at Vons, so I'm sure it can be gotten just about anywhere.

-Norah

I found a product that has helped tremendously with flossing. It's from Crest and they are individual packets of floss that have the threader on the floss. It doesn't shred and you don't need to loop it through a separate threader. I found that it really works well. I can't remember the full name of...

Thank you, Bridget!!! I took yesterday off because my tongue was swollen and I couldn't talk very much (my whole job revolves around answering college admission questions). I was able to floss all of my teeth for the first time last night. I was so excited!!! Woo Hoo, I feel almost normal. :) -Norah

Hi LaLa and KK! I am going to take your advice about the tape floss. I agree it's important to floss regularly (before braces, I flossed every night, that's why this is so frustrating). I'm also going to use the orthosil more often. the dental tech told me not to use it very much as I would be "...

I got my braces on last Saturday and that evening, one of the brackets popped off my tooth. They took the bracket off the archwire and put in a bumper spacer. Then that evening, another bracket popped off my bottom front tooth. I was the office guiney pig as they were trying new brackets that are se...

I had a conversation with my sister about this topic and she said that both her sons had bonded retainers on their bottom teeth and they have beautiful bottom teeth. I'm not sure yet whether I'm going with the bonded retainers yet. I think it will depend on how easy it would be to floss. I like the ...

Thanks for your encouragement, KK! I spent a couple of years down under (Exmouth) and absolutely loved living in Australia for 1 1/2 years. (U.S. Navy). I'm really impressed with my ortho so far. She is so accessable and kind. I'm so glad I made the decision to move forward on this. I was just think...

Just an update: I got my spacers on last night. They put in 6 metal spacers and 1 rubber spacer. I'm not in any pain or anything, I just can't chew because on one of the spacers (they called it a 'safety pin' spacer because it looks like a small safety pin) sticks up and hits the bottom of my top te...

Hi eaglesoaring, and KK! Thanks for the welcome! From what I remember from the consult, the ortho said both would be going on at the same time. Thanks for the info about the turbo bite. I will definitely ask my doctor about it. I really don't want to entertain having the braces put on separately as ...

Thank you, so much, rage31 for responding. After I posted the question, I got brave enough to ask a co-worker, who also wore braces, the same question and she pretty much said the same thing. Well, here's to losing a lot of weight! I think protein shakes and mashed potatos will soon become my best f...

Hi, I'm 41 years old and will get my spacers put in on Aug. 9th and then braced on August 12th. I have a class 2 bite (whatever that means) overbite, crowding, and that's about it. My parents could never afford braces when I was younger, so I'm very grateful for the "pay as you go" method ...