Metal Mouth Message Board

I've got permanent retention on the upper two and lower six in addition to upper essix. I'm supposed to wear the essix 24/7 for about a year and then nights after that. The upper and lower wires have had no effect on my speech or anything like that. The essix makes my teeth soar and taking it off do...

I too have ceramic on top and Damon 3 on bottom. I have not noticed any difference in pain between the two, both have been fairly to sometimes very painful in the days following appointments. This isn't a surprise though and I don't think anyone should expect getting braces to be pain free. As for t...

I've had Damon 3 brackets on the bottom for a year now and have had numerous brackets come off for no reason. The latest happened today while I was brusing my teeth after lunch. My ortho believes it is the Damon 3 bracket so we've actually switched to the all metal damon bracket on 2 of my teeth and...