Metal Mouth Message Board

Lisa, thanks for the suggestion regarding the flouride rinse. Yes, this is permanent (which is probably for the best cause I'd have had this thing out a LOT. LOL) Thanks for letting me know the flaring is normal. Lots to learn here!

Tammy

OK, I'm confused (not really surprising). Anyway, as you might remember, I have a bite plate/Nance combo. The ortho explained that the bite plate part is to keep my teeth from touching so the bottom teeth "grow up". How is he going to get those teeth to grow up? Secondly, the nance is supp...

WOW! What a fantastic Christmas present! Woo Hoo! Enjoy being brace free!

Tammy

Your teeth look fantastic!
Good luck getting used to the retainers! I bet you will forget you have them in soon!

Tammy

Hi Kim, It's a little better today. It's kinda annoying me but I can talk a bit better. I really hope this lisp goes away soon though. Hard to have when your profession demands that you talk! LOL. I have to get a waterpick yet. It's on my Christmas list. :D I'm sure that will help. My main concern r...

Congrats! You are on your way now! Yeah, those impressions are yuck-o. I thought I'd gag too but didn't.

I'm also sentenced for 2-1/2 years so we will do this together! Good luck!

Tammy

Ouch! Try puting lots of wax on those cleats. That's what I did and now I'm used to them and they rarely bother me anymore. but definitely at the beginning I waxed those babies up good all the time! Esp. when eating!

Hope they are feeling better soon!

Tammy

I love popcorn too! I admit I had some one night. No probs with it then. My bigger problem is with gum. I love gum! And can't have any.
My ortho didn't give me a list of things to not eat. He said don't eat popcorn or chew anything sticky.
Tammy

My top teeth flare and that's one of the reasons I went to the ortho in the first place... but I was totally shocked when I saw my xray! I mean, it made them look REALLY flared out! Now, I have a Nance/Biteplate that hits against them also. It will be a while before those front teeth get to come int...

Oh Thank you for letting me know ways to clean it! And reassurring me that I will get used to it pretty soon! :D I can see that cleaning will be a bit of an issue but I'll try all your suggestions. I don't want to get my teeth fixed and then have the front ones rotting out! I did try putting floss u...

Hello all! Well, I got some more torture devices. Just when I got used to the 6 molar bands. Now, I got my nance/bite plate. Holy moly! :shock: I am keeping positive and looking towards the end result but geesh! I can't talk clearly and I keep gagging on the thing. AND my teeth don't meet any more s...

Oh WOW! I had something sort of similar... not stuck in a cleat (is that the little bracket on the inside of the bands??) but stuck between the band and my other tooth! I thought I was going to pull the band off! Oh well... Fun stuff eh?

Tammy

Pirate Wench, sorry to read about the pain. I don't have full braces in yet but I do have 6 molar bands that did similar things to my mouth. It's been a couple weeks since those and I am pretty much without wax or anything and pain free for the most part. I do have a bracket that gives me problems s...

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!!

Hope the day is filled with warm memories and good times!

Tammy

Hey Lisa! My nance goes in on December 11th. It will have a bite plate attached too... so double stuff to get used to!
I already lisp some with the bands in so I can't imagine what it will be like with the nance! Yikes!

Tammy