Metal Mouth Message Board

:) Hi Friends Another ceramic uppers and lowers here...but only until this tuesday :( , then because of my overbite and continued chipping of my front teeth, they are going to be changed for metal brackets, which I'm not looking forward to :cry: I'm expected to have the braces for 24- 30 months and ...

:) Hi So a drill instructor to stop thumb sucking...perhaps you could send them here. Im 42, and still a thumb sucker....I know as a psychiatrist and psychologist what freud would have to say and I'm happy with that!, but Im getting nagged by two orthodontists about it now....but its such a comfort ...

Hi Louise :) Good to have another UK person on board, we seem to be a rare breed around here, well in comparrison to all our US buddies,anyway..I don't think that braces have started to catch on as well here as in the US, well we're always a little ignorant when it comes to our our responsibility fo...

:) Hi Friends Well again, I have not been here for a while, its been a back and forth to the hospital, with a crohns problem, ie a fistula...actually two fistulas, which are causing a major headache to my consultants, mainly because they cannot decide on the best treatment. So tomorrow I'm off again...

:? Hi friends well what can i say, another journey to ortho on sunday as an emergency, as my archwire came off on my sleep on saturday night, along with a few brackets as well,so thats ia the result of the grinding so I am informed,and i ve also been back to see him today(Monday), as he spent last n...

:? Hi Friends Well its been a while since my last visit, and i guess that is because I have been feeling so down about my ortho treatment, I have avoided anything ortho in order to make me feel a little better, as it was, i know that this was the very incorrect thing to do, as all you guys would hav...

:) Hi Louise Well St Richards in Chichester eh? I did an obstetric orientation there, and i have a friend who is a speech therapist seconded to there, i suppose the issues of changing to a Hampshire Hospital are due to the possible closure of St Richards in the near future? Have you been given a cho...

:lol: Hi 42 here and ....wait for it from Hampshire UK...as CF said quite a lot of people from Hampshire here :!: ... so what does that say about people from Hampshire :?: Ceramic Uppers and Lowers, Treatment time 25-30 months, although the ortho keeps changing His mind...i think how long is a piece...

:lol: Hi Karen Yes they feel better already...must be those purple ligs, but the little elastic the ortho tied around the brackets on the lower arch broke off today, was just hanging in my mouth...had a band practice, so could not sing with it hanging..or indeed play my flute or didjeridoo that well...

:lol: Hi everyone Well as of yesterday evening my upper arch is now braced, so i have a full set. and with bright purple ligs , which look really groovy, also looked good in the album cover photo shoot photos for my band. Had quite a lot of pain this time, as the ortho decided to add some elastic to...

:) Hi Louise I'm in the north of Hampshire, in Fleet, my orthodontist does NHS and Private, I ended up with a combination. I ve had the better aesthetic brackets and the better 24/7 standard of care, i can call and get an appointment at any time, but this is costing me some extra cash on top of the ...

:) Hi Friends well its now the long easter egg eating bank holiday weekend, and Im shortly off to follow an easter bunny back to their burrow full of chocolate, but just to update here. Wednesday is my next B day..upper arch, so getting excited again, although still a little apprehensive, even thoug...

:) Hi Friends Saw the ortho and the oral surgeon, and they seem to take the softly softly approach, ie see if i can stop doing this, with a little wax to help, but if it does not improve, then yes, bite turbos or something similar have been sugested. By the way does anyone have an answer to this...w...

:) Hi Everyone I'm really tired, so a quick reply, Ive slept for the past 24 hours, a crohns based virus or something, anyway a little while on the computer, then back to bed...doctors orders...(not mine) I'm off to see my oral surgeon tomorrow, so I will ask him in the first instance, and then i se...

:cry: Hi Guys as you all know bottom arch is on and top goes on in a couple of weeks, but I keep hitting my top arch against the bottom brackets. The problem is that i think the bracket material must be very hard, as my teeth are coming off worst in this challenge...they have chipped. i have put som...