Metal Mouth Message Board

Thanks, Cawphee! I don't know if elastics are in my future (but I do have hooks on my brackets, so maybe they are...) but I do know that surgery is in store for me up the road. After my front teeth are brought into their correct position, I'll be having jaw surgery to slide my lower jaw forward into...

Hello! I have braces to correct a class 2 deep bite. My deep bite was pretty severe (my front upper teeth COMPLETELY overlapped my lower front teeth), and as a result of this, my lower jaw is underdevloped and I have TMJ problems (like making little clicking noises when I chew, having my jaw disloca...

I brush after every time I eat, and again in the evening before bed. I like to snack, so this works out to brushing about 5 times a day. The first four times are regular brushings (maybe followed by using my interdental brush), and those last about 2 - 3 minutes. My evening routine is more thorough ...

My pictures all looked terrible until I learned to turn the flash off and use the macro mode so I could zoom in well. Your camera's manuel might have instructions for doing these things. If pictures are still coming out blurry, it could be that your camera isn't being held still enough while the pic...

Everyone's pain tolerance is different, and everyone's braces cause them different amounts of pain. I've seen posts by some members who were eating steak within two days of getting their braces on. For me, it took an entire week of soft foods before I could eat solid food again. I ate a lot of mushy...

I'm going to be getting my wisdom teeth yanked out. All four are completely impacted and they'll be putting me under for the procedure. I expect to be off work that day and possibly the day after. What are your thoughts?

Mine have coloured dots, but I didn't know that they were supposed to come off! Mine are recessed so deeply though, that even if the dots were gone, there'd still be little "holes" in my brackets. They're so tiny though that so far, no one has mentioned a thing about them. I'm pretty sure ...

I have a gummy smile too and it really bothers me!

The ortho and the surgeon said it shouldn't be that bad after I get my braces off and my jaw surgery done, though.

Weee! Good news! I just called my ortho's office and his assistant told me that they're going to open my bite by putting "globs of glue" on my molars! This makes me happy because it means I'll have two points of contact in my mouth (important for chewing!) and it means my lower front teeth...

Thanks guys!

The bite turbos sound scary. Wouldn't someone risk damaging their lower front teeth with those?

Hi guys! Ok, I'll start with a picture - here is the way my teeth fit together right now: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v127/Katica/braces/1_feb6_2007.jpg As you can see, my front upper teeth completely overlap my lower teeth. Now, my ortho told me that he wants to open my bite, and that the nex...

My ortho wouldn't send me mine

My ortho gave me: - Dental wax - A travel toothbrush - A couple of disposable toothbrushes - A packet of floss threaders - A pamphlet about oral health - A list of stuff I'm apparently not allowed to eat (So, uh, if I can't eat candy and I can't eat nuts, candied nuts cancel each other out and are o...

I'm 22 and I get mistaken for a teenager a lot - even before I got the braces!

I look on the bright side...If we look so young now, how old we'll we look in our 30s? 40s? 50s? Looking young now might pay off later if we keep aging at this rate!

Howdy! If you can't find the pre-pasted disposable toothbrushes, you can keep your eyes peeled for other products like the Listerine pocket pack breath strips. Another product you can look for are Oral B Brush-ups , which are disposable tooth wipes. It's not as great as toothpaste, obviously, but yo...