Metal Mouth Message Board

:evil: Grr, it's always something...I went in again to have my bite plate tigthened and at first, it was fine, I could talk and it wouldn't move, whatever. Now that I'm eating, it's popping up again, it's as though saliva or whatever getting under it is loosening its grip. He tightened it enough tha...

Well, I had another appointment today and the ortho did what I figured he would; he built up my lower bite plate so there's a ton of space between my molars while I'm wearing it, to be filled up with the use of elastics again. He's thinking I'll be stuck like this for another 4-5 months :shock: befo...

SuperDave wrote:vomiting is something you dont want to do with braces.

Of course just you saying that has made me queasy...

Hmm...I guess the only bad thing for me is thin crust pizza - I've broken the same bracket twice eating that. Popcorn's been no problem and I don't bite into anything because as soon as I do, there's loads more crud in these metal hinderances than if I'd cut stuff up into bite-size pieces. On my per...

Rebelda wrote:Sorry to hear about your lowers taking so long, but I must say your teeth are looking great so far. Hopefully things wil speed up for you soon. Take care.

Thank you Rebelda...oh well, we do what we have to do, huh? Your teeth are looking great too!

Well, two months have passed and I went to see the ortho on Friday. Hallelujiah! He told me I could remove the bottom bite plate and stop wearing the elastics so that the bottom front teeth could erupt to catch up with the molars (apparently they'd do it by themselves). Then I was to make an appoint...

Ouch, that's not good...has your ortho said anything about the pain? Your rick-a-nator looks different than mine - your bottom teeth fit into grooves underneath it, right? Mine don't even touch the acrylic at the roof of my mouth and you can't see the acrylic at all behind my front teeth. I guess th...

Well, after going until 9pm last night without wearing my bite plate or elastics, my jaw felt like it was getting worse and worse, especially after eating dinner. So, to sleep, I put the bite plate and elastics back in and miraculously, my jaw doesn't hurt anymore. I'm thinking, as much as I don't l...

My gosh, and think of the calories you're saving too! :D I forgot to say I was drinking diet soda! Diet Dr. Pepper to be specific! I feel ever so much better now that I don't drink it anymore! Ah, that does make a difference. I never understood the dangers of diet soda, except for enamel damage I s...

Bekah wrote:So far the worst habit I have given up has been drinking almost a 12 pack of soda a day! Soda was costing me about what my husband's cigarettes were costing!

I am terrified of acid wear on my teeth so I just gave it up!

My gosh, and think of the calories you're saving too!

First off, for anyone wanting a more detailed version of my TMD history, click the link in my signature. Ok, I'd had TMD for years and I've been in ortho treatment for over 4 years. My upper arch has been widened, my lower jaw brought forward, and my lower molars erupted, all with various bite plate...

Well, he says it's another two months for the rest of the my bottom brackets, which will make it a total of 10 months of brace time JUST to get my lower molars erupted. I had visions of it taking 2 months...right...

Well, I'm afraid to report that my appointment wasn't too productive. Although the cleaning went well (I thought it would be more painful, with more scaling to do, but it looks like my braces didn't impede my cleaning efforts at all), I was told that my lowers need to settle before proceeding to bra...

It has been a LONG time since I posted, I know. It's odd how when they're new, braces are all you think about...but life goes on and my obsessions have shifted elsewhere. But, I will still post an update...My wearing of the elastics almost 24/7 has paid off, my molars are almost all touching. The up...

Here are my Christmas ligs from December. I now have purple ones, but I don't have a pic yet.