Metal Mouth Message Board

i was having trouble flossing back by my molars, too. i had a dental appt about three weeks after i got braces and told the hygenist that i was having problems, so she scraped off a bunch of epoxy that was lodged between my teeth. Ever since, flossing has been a lot easier. I'm sure this is also som...

i had power chains put on after 2 months. we're closing up my front gap in time for my wedding next summer. he told me from the start that as soon as i graduated to a full-sized wire, i'd be in a powerchain. i happened to stop in for a "comfort appointment" at around two months and they su...

Congratulations! I'm also closing up a front gap and it's great to see the progress you've made. I'm in my third month and the gap is down to less than half its original sizes - it's really moved a lot in the last month or so. Great to see what's in store... Did you ortho talk to you about periodont...

Chew gum! That gets the saliva flowing so things feel "normal" for a while. I am new to braces, too, so I can only stand to chew for five minutes at a time, but it helps a lot. Otherwise, just keep the water handy and drink away! Oh, and make sure it's sugar-free gum! My ortho says chewing...

I just had braces put on a week ago today so I can offer my experience: The spacers they put in to make room for the molar bands caused me more pain than the braces. I had them in for a week and had a hard time eating anything that wasn't mushy. I felt as though I'd been hit in the face for the firs...

Thanks so much for your advice, Meryaten! I will call the ortho on Tuesday. (Long weekend and all...) In the meantime, I will keep up with the rinsing and waxing, and I just discovered that, horrible as it tastes, Anbesol makes my tongue tolerable for a little while. I will have to see how it works ...

I had my braces put on Tuesday and I HATE THOSE MOLAR BANDS!!! They've been scraping my tongue raw. I had a bracket fall off my first day, so when I went to have that fixed the 2nd day, my ortho went and ground down the metal cleats on the bands (on the tongue side) but he only did that on the lower...