Metal Mouth Message Board

I'm on the fast track of braces and oh my goodness things are moving along fast...I developed what I think of as a HUGE gap about three days after my first adjustment. They had put in another spring to make the space wider so they could twist my right canine...I think that's the tooth at any rate. T...

Hi everyone, As requested here is a picture of the Crozat. Sorry it isn't super clear. http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/3889/1000610gg7.th.jpg My dentist says it will expand my arch and move teeth at the same time. They are popular in Europe apparently, although he is one of the few people here in...

Hi there - just wanted to let you know that I found the first day a total shock, and used words to describe the look of my new mouth like "awful, horrible and horrendous." I felt like my lips were now an inch away from my teeth and I was shocked and amazed that my lips could actually meet ...

Hi all, Two and a half weeks into being braced and the obsession hasn't abated. I'm brushing :-} and flossing a good five times a day...looking at my teeth, comparing pictures every few days... I'm actually a little concerned my teeth are moving too fast. Measurable, of course by how easily I can mo...

Thanks Karen, I made the top picture wee so it's an icon now I believe. Oh, and in answer to your question he is a dentist with orthodontic training. So far I'm pretty impressed. I found a couple of other posts about the Crozat appliance and it seems it does the same thing as an expander in a nicer ...

It sounds like you have an great attitude and made it through your extractions with a lot of optimism. THis site has been encouraging but it also gives me perspective about how excited some people are to get their braces. Makes me more thankful for mine, which is something I wasn't sure I'd ever be....

When you started telling Ken about your cross trainer I thought you were talking about the elastic in your mouth. It made me laugh when I realized my mistake. - THere are so many things they can do, and with names like "powerchain" I guess it was an easy mistake. It's inspiring to see your...

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/1875/1000562ma2.th.jpg http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/8260/1000584mq1.th.jpg Okay so here are my uppers and lowers...obviously more movement needed on the bottom one. My dentist is a cosmetic dentist and moves teeth more quickly by adjusting more frequently......

Thanks kk - I'll try and get pics up soon. I think things are moving so it will be good to see and share the progress. I phoned my dentist today and asked a bunch of questions as I was worried that I might be getting a speech bothering permanent expander. Turns out I'm getting a CROZAT removeable. I...

Hi all - thanks so much for the support. :-1 I'm three days in now, and in some ways it is getting easier. My teeth were super sore and my jaw kind of achy yesterday, but a bit better today. Salt water rinses are my friend - as is the wax that I've been applying quite liberally to those brackets. I ...

Thanks for the support - I just got out of the bath, and am off to rent some movies. And I just did the salt water rinse. Unfortunately I react badly to painkillers so I'll just have to ride it out. Thankfully I've had much worse pain before to deal with - so in comparison this is tolerable. My dent...

Hi there - just got braces on my upper teeth yesterday...lowers are to come in a few months...and just trying to ride out the emotions. Wanting to rip them out of my mouth, and pretty sad at the way they look. I have clear brackets on the six front teeth and metal on the rear molars. Teeth are defin...