Metal Mouth Message Board

okay so let's see if my picture comes through....this is my one and only pink ligs..........i go back in a few weeks to get my first adjustment and change my lig colors.....i'm thinking razorback red and silver!! go hogs!!! lol!!!

i know what you mean about long road!! i have to have mine for 2 1/2 years.....fun fun!! :wink: Next month i go back and get my metal anchors put in my top arch! can't say i'm looking forward to that!!! :shock: i have to agree with you on food getting stuck in my teeth!! it's well worth it to me!! ...

Just thought of something else i was eating the first week of braces...cheese puffs!!! SO GOOD!!! :heart: You get mush them up a little in your mouth and they are a little softer to chew up!!! But just to let you know....they are MESSY!!!! I smiled at my fiance' with orange stuff in my brackets and...

Congratulations Alanme123!! Glad you're here!! I'm 2 weeks in to my braces with metal spacers in my back molars! I feel your pain....literaly!!! :P The first few days of braces were painful for me..it was okay the day they went on but woke up the next morning to a world of hurt....felt like i lost a...

Thanks Kiwi for the help! I was starting to get discouraged about the pain. It hurts to eat anything but soft stuff but I don't want to baby my teeth and have them never get used to real food! My right side is fine but my left is still bothering me. I find i'm using tylenol more than i thought i wou...

Thank you for putting it so nicely patricia!! plump lips is something i've always wanted!! ha ha :P question though....is it normal to have one side more tender than the other? my left side is still tender and hurts to chew..more so my top teeth than my bottoms..but my right side is good....it achs ...

I am actually surviving....i'll be it barely but i'm sticking it out!! i have started my saltwater rinses at night right before bed and they are helping. I do have to big sores in the back of my mouth from my back to molar brackets. My jaw is so small he practically had to shove my brackets back the...

Thank's to everyone who replied to my post. It really helps to know that there are people out there who have gone/are going through what i am. My mouth is just now starting to heal itself a little. My jaw structure is so small that the back brackets on top and bottom are digging into the back of my ...

I am totally braced now for a week...ugh! And i am hurting...i actually got my top ones on today, about 2 hours ago and i feel like someone punched me in the mouth a few hundred times!! :soremouth: But i was wondering if anyone had a problem on the upper front teeth with them sticking out? I feel li...

HAGAN yes they do!!! I thought i was just weird!! nice to know that someone else has the same thing!! are yours blue-ish in color? I looked at mine after i got them and they are blue things in my teeth! odd color if you ask me!!! but i find myself having to chew a little more because my teeth don't...

I have my bottoms on and my tops will be ceramic ones which are clear so as they do not show as much as metal ones do. I like KK know there are some ligs that stain but most not too bad! good luck!

Those pics look great! I can't wait until I can smile like that and be proud!! I'm happy for you!!

thanks for all of your advice and it's great to read!!! is it okay for me to eat with wax in? what about swallowing it? will it make me sick? i am using wax a lost b/c it's causing sores in my cheeks....you say salt water rinse will get rid of those and make my mouth less sensitive how often do i ne...

my fiance actually told me that i look like i feel better now that i have my braces on. i smile more, so he and my family says :D and i actually feel more self confident. i have no issues with people seeing my braces. it's nothing to be ashamed of anyway, it's what i wanted to do to make myself feel...

Right now i have baby pink on my bottoms...i'm thinking soft purple or baby blue on the tops when they go on in 4 days!! I'll display pics to let you see!!
BTW i am glad to see these pics..let's me know what colors look like when they are actually attached to teeth!!!