Metal Mouth Message Board

Hello all!
I wanted some help figuring out if my braces have metal solder points before purchasing a cleaner found on archwired homepage. Does anyone have a picture they could please put up with metal solder points so i can compare it to my retainer?

Thank you so much!

hearing "you have a beautiful/nice smile" and actually believe it.

Hey there people! i got my debanding date...July 21...oh gosh i'm so excited! As some of you may know i have been a big mouth when it comes to braces making your face look funny...so it will be cool to see how my face looks after braces and after my teeth "settle"...and i was wondering is ...

yey! thanks for posting this up...

Yes i used to wear darker colors, but now i wear lighter ones. I started this routine the week after i got braces. I try to bring out my eyes rather than my mouth during this "ugly betty" time... <--- see that's me

I would have choosen metal braces over my ceramic. I look at people with metal and i get jealous...they look sooo darn cute! Ceramics have their advantages, like less cuts and scrapes...but the silver ones are still better. People don't look at your teeth like trying to figure out what is wrong with...

My family doctor is such a cute and petite woman in her 40's or 50's. She looks like she takes pride in the way she looks. She is cute and she knows it! I always felt funny having braces around her, because i am 19! Most people get them as kids. But today i went in for my appointment and what do i s...

Meryaten wrote:Jeesh, dude. All I said was I'd like to see the scientific evidence -

I was not trying to give you lip, i was trying to throw around ideas, i even said i was skeptical. Sorry if it came out sounding *typing?* that way.

hm...honestly i have seen a change...but don't let all our "sunken cheeks" talk frighten you....we are not even sure if it is permanent...we still have to wait to see what happens when our braces come off. Some people have seen a change, while some have not been effected. A point that is m...

booooooooootttttttyyyyyyyfuuulll!!!! WOW...your teeth are soo awsome now...*sigh* hope mine make a great change like yours did!

I am really wondering what it is that causes this gaunt look phenomenon. As much as I try to understand it, I can't figure it out. Ideas anyone? I googled "metal toxicity and braces", you can try too. I am not sure if i believe it...but when a couple of people on the board are experiencin...

OMG!!! instant aging...Kat i totally agree with you! when i first came on here that was/is my biggest concern, i was always told i looked very young for my age...i hated that when my girl cousins were getting all the boys, and i still looked 12! Not anymore though, now people think i am 21-24 and im...

Yep...actually at the beggining of my joining the board i asked alot of questions about this to see if other people felt the same...but i hope the "sullen" look isn't here to stay and maybe they are just the braces! check out a question a fellow member asked the "naked tooth gallery&q...

have any of you noticed your laugh lines getting more noticable since you got braces? Just a quick survey....

:wink: Turn that frown upside down...im 19 turning 20 in two months, and i used to have my teeth pushed in because, well that's how they came out because of my old baby teeth not ready to leave my mouth! :shock: and my teeth were pretty far back and i used to love my face...just not my teeth...i'm s...