Metal Mouth Message Board

I am sure most don't remember me here but I got my upper ceramics on August 14th, my bite plate on August 28th, and yesterday I got my lower metals. Well, I was supposed to have the metals placed then get my adjustment for my uppers. However, my ortho just disregarded two ligs on the top!! That's ri...

hah yeah. My friends asked me to say "sally sells seashells by the seashore." I found it funny at first and now downright frustrating. I have to present a speech tomorrow in my speech class. I don't know what I'm going to do. Has it gotten at least a bit easier? I tried eating soft solids ...

I just got my bite plate today. At first I could barely speak normally at all. No one could understand me. Now it's still pretty bad but only my s's, j's, t's, and a few others are really troublesome. But this is my issue. It is cemented on. I am not supposed to take it off. I have only had the top ...

Thanks. This is horrible. My clear ligs are already staining, now this bracket issue. I'm very frustrated. I called the dentists office and they said they'd call me back. I called three different numbers just to get a hold of someone. Grrrr.

I just got my braces on the 14th. Just the top row. And I bit into a cookie which was crunchier than I thought it would be and the end bracket to the wire *right now the braces are just in the front* actually popped off. It's just danging on there by the wire. But the dentists office is closed until...

It's De-Lyn again. I got my ceramic uppers today, August 14th, and I get my metal bottoms with bite plate on September 10th. I'm missing two teeth because I was born without them, and I still have another baby tooth waiting to be extracted and no tooth will be coming up to replace that one. I'll be ...

I'm starting to get really worried now. I might have found a bad orthodontist. I found her through my dentist. They're in the same office. It was just easier not to look around. I just feel like she doesn't know what she's doing. She said I might need to order special (more expensive) wires and brac...

I don't think my orthodontist knows what she's doing. Ok so I got my spacers today. She didn't even remember that a couple weeks ago when I came in for my records apt. the radiograph machine wasn't working. She was going to put on my braces without giving me x-rays. She had to ask if she took my mol...

By the way thank you for the replies. I'll try to send in some pictures within the next couple of weeks of my teeth as they are now. Profile and everything. Also thanks for the advice. I'll print it up as a checklist when August rolls around

This is so confusing. I went in for my records appt. but the radiograph machine thing wasn't working. She took a mold and pictures of my teeth but right before she was going to put in spacers, I told her I still needed to get a crown on one of my molars. That's a two step appt. I am going to get my ...

I'm going for my records appointment tomorrow morning and my initial bonding is on the 25th. I have a deep overbite and I will be needing a bite plane/plate (whatever it is) for four to six months. My estimated treatment time is 18 months. I also have moderate crowding on the bottom, and spacing on ...