Metal Mouth Message Board

thanks maryaten actually i've done many "reunions" with my current ortho, and my parents arent happy with him either. a few days ago i <kind of forced> my mom to go with me to this other ortho and she liked her as much as me. i feel like i'm brainwashing my parents :roll: but i guess i hav...

maryaten, could it be that my writing sounded provocative... because my english isnt very good and i have some troubles trying to explain things. anyway is not my intention to make acusations or something like that. i'm sorry for that. As you said in my particular case, i saw several orthos when the...

hi all I've been braced 1,5 years now and having serious doubts about my orthodoncist's skills. Meaning from the beggining I knew I had to have surgery (every profesional I saw said the same thing) but my actual treatment isn't doing any progress so far. So I took other consult with another orthodon...

i dont wear elastics

but i guess you HAVE TO take them off to brush your teeth
otherwise, how could yo make a good cleaning

i have 2 bends too... (u shaped) right before my molars, and then added powerchains to close the gaps from extractions

my ortho said he did those bends because he didn't want my molars come forward... so it's like a "stop"

i know what you mean

i've been braced a year, uppers only, and my ortho didn't wanted to take the cleats off because he said he may use them later in treatment
i still get my tongue caught, and sore

i'm still waiting for the lowers... those have cleats too??

I've been braced almost 5 months, and I brush my teeth 2 or 3 times a day, depending in how busy I am. In the morning, after lunch and night. Sometimes after snacks, if my teeth are all sticky. If don't only swoosh with water until it feels right. I have to confess that at first.. I was maniatic abo...

P.S. The only time I had canker sores with my braces was when I used a particular mouthwash, one with sodium lauryl sulfate (as Meryaten pointed out). Have you changed anything in your eating or drinking habits, toothpaste or mouthwash, etc. since you got your braces? Betty Bat, I haven't changed a...

I appreaciate your opinion Maryaten. Thanks I'm from Chile, and I don't know if there's a law or something like that for the use of gloves (although I think they ARE necesary in hygiene issues). My dentist, my occlutionist and my kinesiologist (all different people) used gloves every time they treat...

Hello I've been reading this board since quite a long time, I feel like you are very comprehensive and supporting so I'll ask for advice to all of you (who reads this thread). I'm really confused now... Let me tell you my story. I got braces in March, before that I was in treatmen to correct an awfu...

Congrats jaynage!!! :rose: I feel very happy for you, even if I don't know you, always make me happy people who have enough courage to commit themselves to something like marriage (it's a very important step in life, no matter if you are wearing braces or not) I really wish you good luck, love the l...

hahaha same happened to me Carolina , I had two bicuspids extracted in my upper arch... and I really was expecting pain, or sort of. But nothing happened, NOTHING really it didn't even bother. After I talked to the dentist who did the extractions and he said "cool, you're a tough girl... don't ...

I had my upper braces in March
and I have appointments every 2 weeks (wich includes: change ligs, congratulations on progress, small talk, etc)


I guess it depends also in how close your ortho needs to follow your progress

I have been only a month and two weeks braced, but I can't tell it has affected my self esteem. In fact, I can say I feel good, because I'm doing something to improve my health (I really had bad teeth and that caused a lot of other health-related-troubles) even though I look younger, there are more ...

Hi
I'm 21, (little girl hehehehe)
from Chile