Metal Mouth Message Board

I am about half way through my treatment. I will have braces on for about 12 months total. Not bad. I have no idea if I will have to wear a retainer every night for the rest of my life - I was trying to stress how important it is to me to have a nice smile and wanting to keep it. I would gladly wear...

I am straightening my teeth without correcting a minor overjet. My ortho was fine with it. I never had my bite fixed because all of the ortho's in the past insisted on everyone having a Class I bite. The thought of jaw surgery scared the hell out of me so I thought I would have to go through life wi...

Hi, Athena. I'm 58 and braces since August too. I love the way my teeth have begun to straighten out. The ortho says I will only have to be in them a year so I'll be ravishing before I reach 60!!! :lol: I had red ligs put on for Christmas and my four grandkids got a big kick out of it. Looking forwa...

Hi there nerdgirl. I totally feel your pain. My back molars don't meet and I don't have the little buildups and I almost wish I did. My ortho just told me not to bite down too hard and sent me on my merry way. Well three weeks later I bit off the bracket on my lower right canine and I can't get it p...

I can't believe I finally figured out how to get pictures on this site. I am an idiot! I'm going on 20 days in braces and so far no problem. No pain at all. A couple canker sores - big deal. I never really looked at my teeth until now. The upper arch is narrow and the bottom is crowded and narrow. I...

Thanks to all who welcomed me to the forum. Well, I'm a member of the club, now. Got these things on last Wednesday morning and shortly after, headed for a long Labor Day weekend at Lake Okoboji. So glad I got the time off from work to figure out how to live day to day with these things in my mouth!...

Hi there! I'm getting braces on for the first time at age 58 on Wednesday of this week and I'm excited and terrified at the same time. My friends are coming over that evening with soup and Martinis and they will play my spam game while I moan on the couch! I will be posting before and after pictures...