Metal Mouth Message Board

a question for a friend of mine... now that I have got braces, one of my pregnant friends is considering having them too. She figures it seems a good time to get them on as she'll be home for about 6 months... My orhto took X-rays of my teeth before starting my treatment. Is it possible to start tre...

well, I'm still new to braces as well but I would advise you to go with the ceramic ones if you are worried about your appearance. I went for full metal, cos I thought the ceramics were too bulky, but at the moment I wish that I had gone for ceramics... it seems very difficult to close my mouth but ...

thanks to all of you... and I guess you are right. I am trying to be positive, so I might just stick it out until the end of the month. if I still feel as strongly about it then as I do now, I'll talk to my ortho, but for now i'll just be brave and try to get used to all the shiny metal. And it is t...

Thanks for all the words of support, the braces still look shocking today, but somehow I can't stop looking in the mirror. I notice that most of you have gone for ceramic uppers. Would it be really stupid to have the top metals removed and switch to ceramic uppers? I thought they were going to be to...

Well, I guess I am overreacting, I just hadn't thought it was going to look quite so ... shiny. It does help to know that I am not the only one going through it.

Hey, I just got back from the ortho - I am fully braced in one go: metal uppers and metal bottoms. I had kinda hoped that the brackets wouldn't be too big, guess that depends on the ortho, but mine are so dissapointingly bulky. It seems that my whole teeth are covered in metal and there is no way th...