Metal Mouth Message Board

Emma- I got it at drugstore.com, if you're ordering I would suggest an extra pack of refills as well. Ouch- Unfortunately the return to soft food after a tightening seems to be the standard procedure. I guess your teeth are moving again and until they settle in the new position it's going to hurt. I...

Emma, it WILL get easier, I promise :) I remember being disheartened the first time I got them tightened, I had bought all this fruit like bananas and melon and stuff because I thought, well these are soft so I should be able to eat them. Only to realise that I could not bear to bite into the banana...

Congratulations on taking the plunge EmmaDee!! The first day or two I would recommend painkillers, getting used to the sensation of your teeth moving can take a while. I wouldn't call it pain per se, more like soreness. I'm sure you know this but eat soft foods- yogurt, smoothies, soup. You're not r...

Update: I've had them in for about 5 weeks and it's great!! The odd lisp (which my boyfriend says only I notice) and the odd poke, but besides that I'm completely used to them and hardly notice they are there. I've only had one tightening and my teeth were a little tender for 3 days or so- the first...

I've had my top linguals for 5 weeks now, the bottom ones for 3 weeks. It took a little while to get used to them, but in general it's been better than I expected. I've had an occasional poke from the bottom back ones but when I told my ortho he filed down the hook a little and it's been great since...

Use the dental wax and the problem disappears.

Hey- just joined. I'm having my linguals put in on Tuesday. Having second thoughts but I guess since I already paid the $1,800 (U.S.) downpayment it's too late to turn back now. I have an estimated 9 month treatment time and was wondering how many of you went over your initial sentence? If the worse...