Metal Mouth Message Board

You're absolutely right about the skill of the assistants, Meryaten. I have Damon's and I've had minor door sticking issues. However, I 100% think it has to do with the skill of the assistant who is trying to open them. One assistant can't ever get them open, so another comes along and pops them ope...

35, female, Buffalo, NY. Got my braces on Feb 1, 2007 and am expecting to have them on 24 - 27 months.

2nd time in braces, I had them from 5th - 7th grade with NO RETAINER upon completion. Didn't even get one! How crazy is that?

I've been sailing along, doing really well with my braces... then I had my first adjustment yesterday! It was pretty quick -- the assistant undid all my doors (I have damon's)... a few were midly tricky... the ortho came over and inspected, then the assistant reinserted the same bottom wire and put ...

ditto the other posts.

My ortho said that I was not a candidate for invisalign as I had "too much correction to be done"

I'm having an issue but I blame the turbos. I'm constantly clanking my bottoms on the turbos when I sleep and it wakes me up, not to mention it hurts. I bought a mouth guard and shaved most of it off so it's basically now just allows me to bite down to keep my teeth from banging.

I have the turbos on the backs of my two front teeth, so my molars don't touch either. I have found that I can eat pretty much anything -- it has to be cut small so that I don't choke, bur large enough so that it at least makes contact with both my upper and lower molars. I've developed a rather ugl...

:cry: Just need to vent for a second..... I've been very lucky in that my braces expereince has been fabulous so far! But today, my lower 4 all feel really, really loose.. like they're about to fall out of my mouth! I know that they really aren't "loose", but it's a pretty unsettling feeli...

Honestly, you just have to give it time.... before you know it, you will be 100% used to them and they won't feel bulky. I have Damons -- not sure which ones but the top 6 are 1/2 metal, 1/2 clear) and the tops don't seem to trap food any more than the bottom ones. I did get nervous after I ate toma...

The office I go to has 3 orthos. They have 4 office locations. It's a private practice. I've been happy so far. I went for my consult because they accepted my insurance. I ended up going to them because I really liked everyone I dealt with at the office and I had heard good recommendations. I'm plea...

1. I did not need any extractions with my Damons. I'm not a candidate for invisalign, and my ortho recommended Damons for my treatment, so I don't know for sure whether or not I would have needed extractions with a different treatment plan. My lowers are VERY crowded, though. 2. They do seen to me t...

Every time I eat.. and I eat often because I tend to eat smaller, more frequent meals. I also brush right before I go to bed. I'd say I brush at least 5 times a day.

I had nachos deluxe from a local mexican restaurant... basically loaded nachos. They were so good!!! Right now, I'm missing sandwiches. I'd give just about anything to bite into my favorite sandwich (Bacon turkey bravo from Panera!) right about now. I haven't tried anything that requries the use of ...

I find myself lisping, but I think it's more from the bite turbos.

You'll adjust really quickly... and everyone tells me that it's really not that bad. I'm on the phone a lot at work and most poeple don't even notice.... well, at least they don't say anything about it!

I have turbos, but I haven't had any actual pain because the turbos are keeping my teeth too far apart to touch! Eating it far from normal because my molars don't touch. I've developed a system for chewing that is pretty ugly to watch! ... and it takes me forever to eat anything! I imagine, though, ...

I had adhesive between 4 of my teeth and could not floss. I had an SOS appointment to replace a lost turbo, and while I was there, the assistant used a pick to try to get it out. Didn't work, and the ortho had to basically sandpaper it out.

None of my teeth are tight enough that I can't floss.