Metal Mouth Message Board

I wasn't sure if this was the right thread for a discussion about retainers, but... I went to see my ortho today, and I am in my final months of braces!! October 1st I'm getting impressions for a retainer! Yay! :D I want to ask my ortho if I could be given an Essix retainer instead of a Hawley. My r...

Perhaps your orthodontist will choose to fit bands around your lower molars, and have you in top braces for the first few months, until your bite starts to lift. This is what my ortho did. I had to have a bite plate and wear rubber bands to open my bite. I didn't get the lower brackets on until into...

My midline, as well, was only a millimeter or so off. My ortho told me that if I wore the elastics perfectly, then it would only take 1 visit to correct, making my time in those rubber bands only 4 weeks. I have a bad habit of slacking off with my elastics, and I only wore them at night and when I w...

I have a small gap inbetween my upper left lateral and canine that I really want to get rid of, and I'm supposed to be getting impressions on Friday for a retainer! I don't think the elastics that I'm supposed to be wearing are going to close it by themselves, should I just get it bonded after my br...

This is my first post, so hello everybody! I have been in braces for exactly two years, and my adventure as a metal mouth is finally coming to an end. I have totally straight and perfect teeth now, with the exception of a small gap inbetween my left canine and my second tooth. My ortho said if I wea...