Metal Mouth Message Board

thanks for all the advice! and to Billy, i ate spaghettio's thinking that would be easy. . .and yeah, pretty much had noodles stuck up all over the place! it is getting easier to eat, just not to talk =( and, oddly enough. . .i've gotten a lot of rude comments from my friends. any advice for that, a...

my ortho also said to get a water pick. . .what the heck is that and where do i get one? thanks again!

so, i got my expander in last night. it wasn't so bad and i'm in no pain (yay! :D ) BUT how the heck do i eat? it seems like EVERYTHING gets stuck inside of it or between it and the roof of my mouth! gosh! and, my ortho wasn't so helpful when i asked her about foods to avoid. all she said was, "...

sooooo. . .i'm nervous about getting an expander because 1.) everyone on here seems to have the key kind and i'm getting a tension kind. i don't even know what it's called, but basically it just applies constant pressure -- like a spring of some sort. has anyone else had one like that? and how was i...