Metal Mouth Message Board

Is there a doctor in the house????

I just got my braces off over a month ago and I'm thinking about undergoing gum contouring. Once this procedure is done, do I have to get my retainers redone???

Updated on 6/13/05 (see above)

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Hello everyone! Just wanted to say hello and introduce myself as a newbie to the group. I must start by saying this website... I love it! It has really helped me get past my emotional first day of braces. I have had them on since January 6th, and it is much better. I am getting used to everything a...

Today is my first day in braces and I am already impatient. I swear I will never eat normally again and now I will be spending most of my days and nights brushing my teeth. Does this get easier? Queen...it will. You will get used to it after the first month. To be perfectly honest, after the second...

LOL....you too Julian

....as well as a happy Kwanzaa, a belated Chanukah, or whatever it is you celebrate.
Enjoy the holiday season.

Any special plans???

I had a gap between my two front teeth that has always bothered me and caused me to be very self-conscious. It also affected my personality in a negative way thus causing me to become pretty introverted. You could've fooled me. I honestly thought to myself "why is she getting braces?" The...

LOL.... 7 months seems kind of short in terms of ortho treatment, what exactly is your sentance for? I made a mistake, it's actually 10 months, but I served 3 months so far...lol I have an underbite i'm trying to fix because my teeth scratch the inside of my mouth when i close them. My uppers are a...

Fellow NYer here! Welcome Jinxey to the bracket club and this little website we call the Archwire Forum. I hope you find it as useful as I have. That was very nice of you sunflr. Now that you guys made me welcome, I will have to annoy you with my favorite soap opera "As the tooth turns". ...

By the way, where are my fellow NYers at??? :D I think we are all trying to cram ourselves into the overflowing mahem that is shopping for the holidays in NYC in torrential down pour. And you? Oh, yeah, where are my manners. WELCOME! hahahaha Thank you Eleni, and remember when the going gets tough....

Thanks Attagurl.
I appreciate your post, and I hope we can chat more.

I am the newest member of the group. It's nice to know that there's at least 2,000 people that are going through what I'm going through. My sentence is at least 7 more months.

By the way, where are my fellow NYers at???