Metal Mouth Message Board

okay, haven't posted in a while. Too much craziness. BUT in august, we did some IPR in m front teeth and then power chained those together. I kept my triangle elastics but got to just use them at night. Then in September, he said the magic words...are you ready to get them OFF! WHOOT! So Oct. 6 almo...

Well, I am getting laxed about posting. Went in on June 4th and he decided to put in my second sure smile wire. I told him that I felt like my front teeth had too much space between them, so a new wire tie went on. The next day my new wire was killing my back molars, like it was poking. I had to rid...

Hi Opera^Gal, I love reading your posts...especially since I have elastics now! I'm snapping myself and others all over the place. My kids are finding them on the floor, etc. pretty hilarious. what i'm wondering is...do you think you could SEE your progress when you started with your elastics???????...

hmmm. what to do...I'm still concerned about my 2nd molars as they are not lining up in my arch how I think they should be. I don't think these elastics are working that well either and when I yawn, they keep breaking. My bite feels really wonky also........ I have two more weeks until my next 'mini...

Hi Snowglobe, Thanks for reading. I wanted to see the 'future' so to speak of my suresmile because I thought it was very cool. I'm a scientist by trade and so these types of things fasinate me to begin with. The wierd thing about my last adjustment was that she decided not to use the second wire in ...

well, I had adjustment number 4 (I think...) on May 7th. I was surprised that she decided not to change my archwire. She said i was looking really really good for 7 months and wanted to order a different wire for next time (4 weeks this time). Wire (0.017) was reinserted and I got ligs put over the ...

hey emms...
i have my fourth adjustment on friday. Just wanted to see if you had your adjustment this week too!
Hope all is well!

Trish

Opera^gal...
I just love your posts! You have the best sense of humor. Congrats on all your movement...my next adjustment is next friday. I was promised elastics, so i'll be in your club!

Waiting for pain!

trish

Can't believe it has been 6 months! I'm having a beef though with my teeth: I'm not liking how my bottom teeth are lining up. they did the IPR and I think they took too much off. there is a gap between my lower two front teeth. the power chain is not closing it, and it is so annoying that i'm catchi...

congrats on the new wire mike! After 1 week of a new wire, things settle donw for me, but man my bite is completely wonky! I'm sure you feel that way too!

here's some advil for you!
trish

Oh man Opera^gal...you've had some rough times with those elastics! I was promised next time that we would be adding elastics. I don't know whether to be happy about that or not! I guess happy that I am progressing! Hope you get everything taken care of! good job on figuring out your elastic problem...

Hi Emms, yup...we're on the same schedule now. My bite is what is messed up and so they are really messing with it. Pain from last week is almost gone, but my molars feel really lose! ;) can't wait for another six weeks to go by. i feel like time is flying now! Hope you get some good progress! ttyl ...

Hi jensceana just was reading your thread. congrats on taking the plunge! Your teeth are going to be beautiful! Just wanted to give you a tip that I just got from my dentist's office and a personal tip. For flossing, I use the crest glide floss because it is fatter and easier to get between the brac...

Hi Mike Thanks for the comments...my teeth are killing me today, but I'm excited because I know that things are moving now! YEAH! I can barely eat and I"ve been on the ibuprofen all day. I like the sure smile thing. I'm glad that my dr. does it. It is really neat to see how your teeth are going...

Had my 3rd adjustment today. Wire change on top and bottom to the sure smile wires. I think the size is back to 0.14, but I'm not sure. There are a million little bends in them and I'm sure i'm going to be hurting a lot more than I already am. Gaps were closed, so wire tie all across the top. IPR on...