Metal Mouth Message Board

Well I had the first adjustment! And I don't need to have bumpers anymore - my teeth have moved enough. I'm glad 'cuz they were pretty ugly when they got stained. I took advil before going and it still hurt - but only for a short time - when she was removing or replacing the elastic on some teeth it...

I can't believe 5 weeks have passed since b-day! I can really notice that the teeth are moving - especially when I compare the day 1 picture with the Week 5 one. I have experienced some soreness in some teeth - thankfully not all of them at once! I'm really curious to see how I feel after the adjust...

I can't believe it is almost a month since I got my braces! Still no real problems - and I'm getting better at eating - still stay away from lettuce in public but I will eat just about anything at home. The one thing that I really miss is apples - I used to eat one every day and loved them - somehow...

Wow - 2 days down - amazingly enough no pain! A bit of rubbing on the back rings but that lovely dental wax fixed that up in no time. I feel like my lips are preceeding me everywhere I go but I know they don't look as pushed out as they feel. I've actually had long conversations with people who near...

Day 1 of being braced! I've had them on for about an hour. Ceramic uppers and lowers. So far they feel better than those seperators did but I'm sure I'll be eating my words on that one! I've taken an ibuprofen in anticipation of "discomfort"! I was almost panicy about it at first - laid in...

Well it's done! Thanks for the good advice and the positive words - I think the saltwater rinses will help. I've just gotten home - taken my advil - and trying to NOT spend all my time looking in the mirror! While I was lying in the chair with lots of time to think - my first thoughts were "wha...

Hi everyone. I'm 50 and am getting braces tomorrow! EEEK! Have had those nasty seperators in for almost a week - don't like them too much. I don't have tmj or anything like that, and only slightly crooked in the front, but a bad crossbite at the back on one side - ortho says he can "hit a home ...