Metal Mouth Message Board

Welcome! The third day was the worst for me. Each day is getting gradually better, I'm almost 2 weeks in now.

They are more annoying than anything & I really want to eat normally again!

Angela

Thank you so much everyone! :heart: I it very comforting to know that others have gone through this & that it does get better! I will do my best to keep my end result in mind, but that is so hard since this is just the beginning! I am working on it, though. So far, today is a little better, I gu...

Thank you jennielee81...

It actually helps to know that other people have been through it.

Your teeth are gorgeous, by the way!

Angela

I will be 29 if everything goes as planned

I'm so stoked to have beautiful teeth, but my braces are really irritating :( I just hope this gets better, very soon! I am kinda feeling like "WTH did I do???" right now... ugh I got my braces on Thursday morning, yesterday the pain was awful, but ibuprofen did help, today, they're just a...

Thanks zero & ilovemacs!

Angela

Thank you braceface

I got mine on this morning, good luck with yours ilovemacs! Jordanna, I had to have my molars built up too so my teeth weren't hitting my brackets. It is waaaay annoying to only have 4 teeth touching! My bite looks all kind of weird right now! I'm hoping a benefit of that will be some weight loss, :...

Yay! I did it!

I have inspire ice on all my fronts, metal brackets on my molars. I wear this archwire for 12 weeks, they are leveling my teeth, and rotating a couple. Later on I will get powerchains to close some gaps.

So far so good, eating for the first time was really weird!

Angela

Thank you Meryaten! I had searched, but could not find good info, I appreciate you posting this for me
Angela

Awww, Jordanna! You will be so glad that you have done this for yourself! I am also 28, I get braced in the morning, and I am super nervous about everything, but I know I will be so happy once its all over and done with! I am betting your husband will be more supportive than you expect him to be! An...

Hi all! I am getting my braces on tomorrow morning. I've had the consult, photos, x-rays, etc... but they have never done impressions. Will they do them tomorrow morning? Do they always have to do impressions? My case is pretty simple, my bite is fine, I am just getting them to close some gaps, main...

Congratulations on starting your journey! I get my braces on Thurs. morning!

I haven't gotten my braces on yet, but I am basically having the same thing done as you -- closing the gap between my front two teeth & closing some gaps on the side. My ortho anticipates doing a permanent retainer on the backs of my lower front teeth, and then a small permanent retainer on the ...

How cool. Let us know what he says!