Metal Mouth Message Board

I had a new appointment on friday: everything seems to be fine. I got my wires changed (now I have really thick wires) and a powerchain on my lowers. It feels tight, but nothing I can't deal with. My ortho seems to be happy with my progress -I've done a good job in wearing the elastics-. She mention...

Hey, you are so lucky! I am really looking forward to have mine removed too! even if it isn't that bad, still, it is the worst part of the whole braces thing...

Hey, I suppose it depends on how tight is your nance. Mine is pretty close to the palate so it is rare to have food caught under it. If that would happen, I have found that using a small interdental brush works fine for me. And a waterpik is pretty useful too. As I am concerned about bacteria, I als...

I also have braces for my TMJ issues. I had actually been wearing a splint at night, but my ortho said that I should wear a splint 'as much as I could' for several months before getting into treatment. She wanted my jaw to be 'relaxed' before shifting my bite -which she is now doing quite a bit-. I ...

Thank you! Definetly the elastics are making things move! I am already used to them, and now I wear them all the time (at the begining I would take them out often bc of the pain). When I change them my mouth feels 'tight' but it is OK. My bite is opening quite fast, and probably my cross-bite will s...

Hi everybody, Things seem to go faster than expected, and yesterday I had an appointment in which my ortho put me some elastics. I'm happy bc that means progress, but my teeth are aching now! I had already adjusted to the nance button and even to eating with the molar buildups (the most difficult pa...

Hang on, the Nance DOES get better! I hardly notice mine, and it's definetly more comfortable than the TPA...

Hi, I have both a Nance appliance and a lingual ARCH. The nance is a piece of plastic resting on my palate connected to my molars, while the lingual arch is actually an arch on the back of my lower teeth. I'm not sure if you mean the same thing, in any case flossing is much more difficult with the l...

my top teeth used to hit my bottom brackets, until one of them popped off, any I went to the ortho for an emergency appointment. Then, she put me some bonding on my lower back molars in order to avoid teeth hitting brackets. Now I cant close the mouth and I am having a hard time adjusting to eating ...

Thank you very much! I hope you are right, I'm getting tired of this diet! Tonight I am supposed to goout for dinner, so I should try to eat something more normal! I'm so nervous!

I had one of those when I was a child, I now how they feel and how difficult it is speaking with that! I'm not sure if I would manage to wear it all the day!

I wore it for 2 yeas, but then I stopped and my deep bite came back! now I'm in braces again

I hope it will get better!

Hi, Last week I went for an 'emergency' appointment due to a bracket that had popped off bc my top teeth used to touch my lower brackets :( My ortho put me some red bonding on my molars -I have now discovered they are usual and called 'buildups'- to avoid my teeth hitting my lowers and also to help ...

Thanks! Everything was going ok, the nance is definetly more comfortable than the TPA, at least for me! My tongue is not sore anymore, and food does not get trapped on it... I continue to hear a slight lisp, but everybody tells me that they do not notice it! But my upper teeth started hitting my low...

I wear one of those, it is called 'lingual arch' and it is like the TPA but for the lowers. My ortho has told me that it prevents my molars to move forward while she is moving the rest of my teeth. Well, maybe yours is a little bit different, mine seems to have less loops... It has not bothered me, ...

I have just come back from my first adjustment! She has changed my arch by a slightly thicker one, and the TPA by a Nance button , not only for the discomfort but especially bc she has said that the nance will provide more support in moving a 1st molar that is 'blocked' inside the line of teeth... B...