Metal Mouth Message Board

I'm sorry to be all doom and gloom but I think from my experience I have learnt a few things that are worth sharing. 1) Don't rush into treatment without checking out your orthodontists level of skill and experience 2) Choose someone you can communicate with readily - especially with Invisalign beca...

It feels good to have some support. I should have joined earlier :) Arch712: I looked up my ortho and he is a "platinum provider". I think it just means he has done a certain number of cases. There's not an awful lot of choice in this part of the world unfortunately. I feel stupid but I di...

Thanks for the advice. I've booked an appointment with my dentist to talk with him about it and get some options because I never get anywhere with the ortho... :( BTW I'm now 15 months into treatment... I think the stripping he was talking about was done manually with a small strip of wire that look...

I went with them for the aesthetics mostly. Other advantages are that they are really easy to clean and you can brush and floss your teeth as normal. The price difference was for brackets about AU$4000-$5000, compared to $6500 for Invisalign. I had a lisp for about 2 weeks which has mostly gone away...

My treatment has been wrought with a series of errors and I feel lost for direction. It began with a recommendation that I was suitable for Invisalign and reassurance that the required time for this treatment would be the same as for brackets, and the quality of the result exactly the same. Having s...