Metal Mouth Message Board

My orthodontist initially hesitated to take me as an invisalign case - I had nearly an 8mm overjet. Now, three years later, my teeth are so perfect people I don't know tell me how beautiful my teeth are. How wonderful, right? Anyway, this is how he got me to this point. First, an palatal expander fo...

$6500 for: 1. Palatal Expander, then essex retainer 2. Ceramic Braces on top teeth, another essex retainer 3. 37 uppers/12 lower invisalign 4. retainers I think my case ended up being more complicated than originally anticipated. By the time I'm finished, it will be three years! My insurance paid fo...

Yes, I can access my clincheck on my Ortho's website. He uses a service called "Ortho Sesame" to post progress photos, invisalign clincheck, and appointments. It's very helpful.

My ortho said to bring back the old trays and I immediately thought he was going to recycle them....

I have three buttons on the bottom, none on top... mainly because the top teeth are not twisted, but a 5mm overjet, hence the 37 trays for uppers. (12 lower)

Your teeth look so great! You must be thrilled to be done.

My fiance grinds his teeth - he had done so much damage before I met him that his canines have no points on them at all! I told him he was grinding, otherwise he would have never known.

I will be 28! I'm so glad I sucked it up and got braces again... yep. again.

Fudgies? LOL. In NJ at the beach, we call the tourists "Bennys" I wonder if every tourist spot's locals have a name for the non-natives?

Betty -- what did you do about the gap left by the extracted baby tooth? My ortho gave me an essex retainer, which I don't wear... the teeth on either side moved a bit, but still that baby tooth was so wide that the new tooth will still fit. Besides, I'm getting Invisalign in May for the lower and ...

Hello everyone! This board has been a big help to me - and I enjoyed reading everyone's experiences and seeing such great progress. Here's my story - My first orthodontic appointment was in December of 2005, I wore an expander for 8 months, and it's been two months since I got my ceramic braces on. ...

Hello. I have had the same issue as you. My baby tooth with no permenant tooth underneath was extracted two months ago. My dentist and ortho said there was no way to build it up. Worse yet, it was completely fused to my jaw - ouch. Really, it's a good thing to get it out. Putting it off can make it ...