Metal Mouth Message Board

My braces come off next Monday! I've been in since 11/03 - it will be 2 years/four months and 8 days, but who's counting I appreciate the comments above - I was going to ask the same questions about removal.

I am a professor and I can tell you that if I did something like this I would certainly hope that the student would report me to my Dean. I hope you did this - if not, you should have - it is highly unprofessional and certainly uncalled for!

While I agree that having an orthodontist on the forum is helpful, a far better approach for all of us is to ask our own ortho about specific problems/concerns we may be experiencing. Sometimes, general answers are insufficient - why take a risk on something as important and as expensive as orthodon...

My ortho's office has a "sink station" which has two sinks, side by side, equipped with floss and mouthwash. Each patient has his/her own numbered box which in addition to holding our impressions, etc. contains a tube of toothpaste. After archwires are removed we can go floss our teeth and...

Your post is a few months old, so you've probably already found out what these are for, but just in case you haven't here goes. They are for you to bite down on when your teeth are sore - it really helps, and no, you don't heat them up, they don't mold to your teeth - they're like adult "teethi...