Metal Mouth Message Board

I ,too, am prone to cold sores. I have tried absolutely EVERYTHING. For me Abreva never helped shorten the healing time as it claimed. I have found that the best thing is hydrogen peroxide. I put a little on a cotton ball and hold it on there for a couple of minutes. I use it in the morning and at n...

Thank You both so much for the site info!!!

Hello Everyone! As I recentley posted, I got my braces on Sept 19th. I am 1 week in to treatment and I am doing great! I really haven't had any pain just minor discomfort (like a 2 on a scale of 1-10). Last night when I was flossing I noticed that my archwire had a little "give" in it. Whe...

Hello Everyone!! Yesterday at 2:00 I got my top braces put on. I opted for ceramic on top and metal on bottom. My ortho said that he would not charge me extra for this ( he probably looked at my bill and saw that I am paying enogh as it is..lol) The best thing about the type of braces that I got is ...

I had one premolar pulled last Monday. There was absolutely no pain before or after. I took 2 advil as a precaution but I probably didn't even need those. I was back to work the next morning after having it pulled at 3:00pm the day before. The biggest nuisance is the bleeding. Once that stopped I wa...

Well Wednesday the 19th is fast approaching. I have to admit how excited I am. I already had my right bicuspid extracted last week. It was a piece of cake. The only bad part for me about having teeth pulled is the bleeding. After it stopped I was fine (absolutely no pain during or after w/o meds) I ...

Thank you for your tremendous support! Tomorrow (Sept 10th) I am having a tooth pulled in prep. for braces. I am a little nervous about that, but I calm down once I sit in the dentist's chair. It's just the anticipation that makes me nervous. So , Cwatt, right now I do have butterflies about the bra...

I just wanted to say thank you for the replies. Getting my wisdom teeth taken out is probably the part of my treatment that I am dreading the most.

Hello Everyone!!! I have a question regarding wisdom teeth. I have 5 wisdom teeth and 4 are impacted. I am set to get my braces on Sept 19 (which I am so excited about). I was wondering if anyone here has started treatment before getting them removed? My ortho didn't seem to worried about them. He s...

I never had a dream about braces yet( probably because I will not get mine on until Sept 19th). I do however have another type of tooth related dream. I constantly dream that my teeth are falling out. It is the weirdest/ scariest thing. In my dream I am talking and all of a sudden I feel something s...

Dont worry about the extractions. They aren't bad at all. No pain during or after. You will probably spend more time worrying like I did. In fact I have to get another tooth pulled and I am not worried in the least. My problem with the root still in the gum is more of a nuisance really. Sometimes I ...

A couple of months ago I had a tooth extracted by my family dentist. It was the 1st molar I think. After the site was done healing I felt a little hard piece. It felt like a very small piece of my tooth but I could not see anything. I have read that sometimes after a tooth is pulled small pieces of ...

Hey Jess Way to go on starting your journey to perfect teeth! Looking at our pictures I noticed that your front teeth are almost identical to mine ( I will be posting pics soon). They tilt in and kind of overlap . I can't wait to see your progress. I get braced on Sept. 19th. Although my ortho said ...

Hello Everyone!!! I just want to start off saying that this site is was really got me motivated to get braces now at the age of 23. I always wanted them but like a lot of people here my family could not afford them. I was always embarrassed of my crooked and crowded teeth. Now that I have the extra ...