Metal Mouth Message Board

keep your chin up.
its a normal feeling - i felt the exact same way
give it a little more time, and i 100% garuntee you
that you'll feel like it's one of the best decisions you've ever made.

hello all a little while ago (mid january) my ortho signalled that "the end is near" so she said that she wasn't going to move anything anymore, and just leave the BRACES on for retention purposes now just GENERALLY speaking, how long do retention purposes/procedures take, before the brace...

ahh i see
thanks for clearing that up

indubidubly!

what exactly is a splint retainer? sorry for my lack of dental/orthodontic vocabulary/knowledge and why did you have to pay extra 500 dollars for it, if you don't mind me asking so you use this splint retainer as well as your other/regular retainer? p/s lol sorry once again for my massive confusion/...

thanks for your input jennie!

Hello All, I am completing treatment of my braces within no more than 6 months to go (yay) and this leads to the cost/type of retainers that I will be bestowed with. I'm aware that cost/prices vary to a broad degree regarding orthodontic treatment, but I was just wondering what kind of ball park sho...

yikes!
the same thing happened to me a while back

I had the same situation too I had been looking for posts about frenetomies, but alas I found none. I had my frenectomy done by an E.N.T. There wasn't a laser involved, but there was a numbing injection to my top lip and a scalpel. It was painful but worth it. I had stitches put it, and then fell ou...

I had a tongue bitting problem too!
I guess my tongue/mouth was getting use to the new shape of my mouth/jaw.

thanks for your input Meryaten I didn't really think of it that way before But I'm still leaning more towards the bonded type of retainer, it just seems like far less of a hassle for me and also I like the aesthetic aspect. Unfortunately the cost of retainers were not included in my treatment, so I'...

mine cost $6,500 Canadian: - arch expander dealie - reverse headgear - braces top: ceramic bottom: metal INSURANCE covered none of it! I'm dreading the cost of retainers! Does anyone know the usual range for them (in canadian dollars) I'm kind of leaning more towards the permanant bonded behind the ...

Greetings So its a well known fact that braces aren't a cheap commodity. But totally worth it Just ouf of curiousity I was wondering how much money the majority of people here have paid for their entire treatment (please specify... headgear, surgery, clear braces, metal braces) whether it be in poun...

oh! on top of that, the dentist and his assistant were chuckeling that they did not have the right equipment to do what they were doing, meanwhile i'm sitting there, with them trying to tear open my mouth to put the bloody thing back on, trying my best to be as pleasant as possible. i'm scared to ev...

"Hypothetical" bracket question;"hypothetically" $90 in the hole. As I was brushing my teeth this morning getting ready for a merry old day at school, one of my brackets fell off. my bracket fell off of my very last upper tooth. my dentist does not work on fridays, so i was freak...