Metal Mouth Message Board

For those of you that have ceramic brackets... Did your ortho do all your teeth in ceramic brackets or just the front teeth and use metal for the back brackets? I only have my top arch braced and have ceramic brackets, my lower arch gets braced at the end of summer/early fall. My ortho only used 6 c...

I have had my upper braces on a week and there is definitely a change. My two front teeth are almost next to each other as opposed to one overlapping the other slightly. My upper left lateral incisor was rotated quite a bit and is no longer at such an sharp angle. Brushing that area is much easier, ...

I got my molar bands on today. I had upper and lower molar bands put on, they went on much easier than I thought. They feel so strange in my mouth and I cant stop touching them with my tounge. I accidently bit my orthos finger while he was putting them on :oops: I didnt bite him hard and I imagine t...

Thanks Meryaten. I am pretty excited about this. I have been going back and forth on getting them for about 4-5 years. On an impulse a couple of months ago I scheduled a consultation with a highly reccomended ortho and the next thing I know I am getting braces.

I got my spacers last Wed and they are driving me nuts! This Wed they come out and I get molar bands, the week after my top row goes on. My ortho thinks I will get my bottom row by the end of summer