Metal Mouth Message Board

Mike, I noticed nobody replied to your post. Maybe nobody has had a similar problem???????? Now you're not only a difficult case but also unique??? Maybe you'll make ortho history???? I have to say that I admire you for being able to speak for so long. It hurts to talk!!!! Poor you! I'm new to all t...

oh my gosh, I'm glad you posted this. My ortho mentioned to me before my treatment that she might do that to me too. Instead of extractions. I am totally petrified of this as well. I can't wait to see what the wise-ones out there have to say about this. I mean, shaving off!!!!! How scary is that!!!!...

aaahhhhhh how endearing .......... another lovely side effect I'm just discovering: I make a noise when I eat ..... it's a mix between a sucking and a smacking noise. I did it twice yesterday and again today. How embarrassing!!!!!!! This braces business is certainly interesting .... It made me laugh...

So, what with not being able to eat because of poking wire yesterday and not being able to eat much with those molar blobs on the back of my teeth, and it taking so long that I'm fuller quicker, and no snacking because it's a hassle, I think I'm going to shed my excess blubber in no time and at the ...

Well, I knew it wouldn't be easy but I hope this isn't the way it's going to go on. Had braces done on monday and got two blobs of cement on my molars to stop me from closing my mouth. Yesterday morning one of the blobs fell off. Today one of my wires from the lingual braces, right at the back, has ...

Hah! I'm reading sympathising wildly with you as I am sucking my soup and have my smoothie in front of me for desert! I'm a braces newbie since monday and have these two blobs at the back of my molars too. Can't chew a thing and as I have lingual braces on the top this adds another challenge. So I s...

Hi there when it comes to being a scaredy cat - I have a degree in it! If I can do this, then you can too. As for tomorrow, you don't need to worry. X rays, pictures and molds are totally painless. Even the gunk they do the molds with isn't as bad as it was years ago. So do not fret, you'll regret h...

So, how did it go, fellow Monday-brace-day sufferer?????
Are you in pain yet?
So far so good for me, but have been thinking of you too, all across the other side of the world!
Maggsie

Everyone thank you for your encouragement, and what you said was true. I had my braces put on last night and, although it took three hours, it really didn't hurt. I was exhausted at the end, and felt a bit faint. But that was more from the stress of it all and having to hold my mouth open and be til...

You guys are the best! thank you for your words of encouragement!!! Today is the day and I am feeling ok. I'm sure as the day progresses and 6.30 pm comes closer I'll be feeling more and more sick, but I am trying to remember what you are all saying, that it's not that bad!!!! To everyone for whom t...

Hello all you wonderful people I have been reading this board EVERY day since about 2 months ago when I first started thinking about braces. So now, after having had all the usual stuff done, been to the hygenist, been to the Bank to arrange the loan!!!! the day is coming. Monday after work it is! T...