Metal Mouth Message Board

I really appreciate all of your care and concern out there. I am just waiting for my appointment next week to see whats next for me or my options.... I do know that I am feeling 100% now and back to myself!! :P I guess KK was right," there is no such thing as something being for everyone."...

Hi everyone. Thank you all soooo much for caring and for your support! I really admire all of you for being sooo strong and able to conquer ya'lls journey in braces. But unfortunatley for me, mine ended just as it was beginning. I went to see my orthodontist in tears and he took them off. I told him...

My mouth is not in bad shape in fact i take excellent care of my teeth! I have had sensitive teeth for the past few years (my dentist says from brushing too hard growning up) but thats it. It pushed my gumline up a bit. I think i have something like receeding gumline. Anyway, I have always used soft...

Thanks for replying guys Iam just feeling truly miserale right now! And about the brushing I am using a soft toothbrush I also tried using the one they gave me with my kit. And I tried 3 diff. kinds of toothpaste including the sensitive kind. I also have been brushing very very gently.I even watched...

I just got my braces on this morning and I am extremley depressed!! I can't stop crying I'm in soooo much pain. I'm really considering calling the Ortho- tomorrow and getting them taken off!!!! has anyone ever done this before? I really don't think I can bear 2 1/2 + years like this. I know I keep t...

Thanks everyone!!! My anxiousness is building. Tomorrow is the "big day"!
I'm happy to know that i will still be able to eat my favorite foods!! YaY!!!
Wish me luck tomorrow

Well I get my braces on monday! Yay!!! I'm really excited but yet pretty nervous too. I'm silly I know!! Like all week I have been eating pizza and steak ohhh and the salad I heard you can't eat anymore!! I'm gonna miss my cesar salad! I just wanted to eat all the things I love and can't eat while i...

Second Timer-
No my dentist never numbed my mouth, I think like Rory said it only occurs in certain cases. I guess if you have to have the tooth grinded down alot. But I'm not sure. Hope all goes well with your bonding, I think you'll like it!!

Thanks Karen!! I will defenalty get to reading. Yes that is the ligs I saw on the bottom in the grape color. So it is called a powerchain, okay I'm still learning. I wonder if my ortho will use powerchains he didn't mention anything of the sort at the consultation but I guess we'll see in 2 weeks!!!...

Hi active, I have yet to get my braces on, but... I have a tooth next to one of my front 2 teeth that is also narrow. It's called a peg-lateral tooth, it's really skinney! Anyway I wanted to let you know that I am 27 and when I was 18 I had bonding(a composite build-up) put on it by my dentist, to m...

Okay so I have exactly 2 weeks before my braces are on :-#) SO what color lig-bands(I think thats what they are called-- ligature bands?) anyways, which color should I get? I keep thinking pink, I love pink!! Or light purple like a violet, those colors looked pretty on the pics I saw on the lig-colo...

Thanks for the reply eggraid101 :D - the more replies I recieve the better I feel about getting my braces & expander! I'm glad to know it's only speaking and swallowing that I have to work on, because if I were gagging :yuck: every second I don't think I would be able to stand it!! Kewl Dimples!...

Thank you for all of your replies!!! Adrienne & Samantha- I think your right I should get used to it (the expander). It makes me feel better that you both have one and can make me feel okay about getting one knowing it isn't as bad as I may have thought. I think I am going to try to request for ...

As my journey gets closer (just a few weeks now...) and I am about to become braced I have some concerns.... First of all I already told my Orthodontist at the consultation I would get the metal brackets but now I am having 2nd thoughts. I am 27 and I do want to feel comfortable in them and I see th...

I will keep ya'll updated and thanks for replying KK & Carolinahigh12!!! Ya'll gave me good pointers. I think I am going to call my Oral Surgeon 1st thing tomorrow to get his oppinion.