Metal Mouth Message Board

Having done a good deal of research I'm pretty sure I grind/clench my teeth while asleep. Never noticed it before getting braces but it's the only explanation I can think of for waking up middle of the night after biting into the bracket. I'm gonna call the ortho and see what he says, but given its ...

The inevitable happened last week, a bracket popped off :(. Ortho wasn't too pleased, said I needed to be more careful. Only the problem I'm having is I seem to be biting my teeth together in my sleep for some reason. I had two brackets pop within a week of each other, both at night while I was slee...

Thanks for the reassurance jennie and ghost :), was kinda worried thinking how am I gonna go a year without chewing food properly! I'm planned to be in braces for 18 months, having surgery to bring my upper jaw forward in a years time. Only have my uppers wired at the moment, will get my lowers done...

Hi all, I just got my braces fitted on my upper teeth yesterday. I came home to find I can't chew anything properly, my molars dont meet because my lower incisors hit the brackets on the upper incisors (I have underbite). I wasn't expecting this and I didn't think to check if I could chew in the ort...