Metal Mouth Message Board

Don't let them hold you up! I understand how you feel, but you can't let your mouth stop your life :) I had braces put on in July '07...3 months after my fiance proposed and 11 months before our wedding date! I knew I wanted them, and that I didn't want to see my crooked smile in hundreds of picture...

I had two top teeth pulled in August, and it was fine! I was a little nervous going in, but like someone else said, the only time it hurt was when the dentist was inserting the novocaine (or whatever it was...). The extraction itself was pretty painless, just a little weird feeling. Afterwards, I wa...

I say go for it! I went for my ortho consult 12 months before my wedding (which will be next June) and had my braces put on with 11 months to go until the wedding. I figured that my wedding is the ONLY time in my life where I'll have hundreds of photos of me and my future husband, so there is no bet...

Hi! This is my first post...I'm glad to have found this community! I'm getting my braces on this Thursday, July 26. I've been told that my treatment time will be 12-14 months. I've had braces in the past, but for a number of reasons it didn't really work out, so I'm at it again. Here's my question.....