Metal Mouth Message Board

Hello i havent posted in a while! I got my ceramic top braces off this morning woo hoo! my teeth feel very strange! and they look HUGE! well to me anyway! i wonder if any of you can tell me if you can get your cuspids filed down to make them less pointy? i feel like a vampire right now! my friend sa...

i forgot to ask about wire ties to be honest! ill ask at my next adjustment as it sounds alot easier!

*melissa* ive read your story and looked at your periwinkle ligs, they look good but show me them in 4 weeks time and if they are not stained at all then i might ask about getting that colour!

hey everyone, thought id update you all, went to the ortho and asked him about changing my own ligs,just this once, well he was fine with that! he gave me some ligs away and drew me a wee diagram on how to change them! ive yet to attempt it but ill do it nearer the time of my next appointment. finge...

hi guys thanks for replying. the only prob i have with getting an appointment is that ill get back from holiday on the Saturday late afternoon and the wedding is on the Sunday!! i dont think my ortho is open at weekends and i doubt id make out out of the airport etc in time.... i think ill just ask/...

hi everyone im in a bit of a dilema. ive had my ceramic braces on for almost 4 months now and i always get pearl ligs on the top. now here is the dilema...in june in going abroad for two weeks and the day after in come back i have a family wedding to go to. now, im going to try and time my adjustmen...

hi, thanks everyone for your replies! especially yours spanner, i read it with my boyfriend and he broke out in a cold sweat at your last line!!! :P this taste is getting really annoying so i phoned my ortho today and asked for some advice, the assistant said that she has never heard of this before ...

hello folks i wonder if any of you can help me. for the past two/three weeks ive had this weird and horrible metalicy taste from one side of my mouth. it comes and goes but i cant taste it when im eating or anything. its so annoying! ive had a look on the net about it and most folk say its medicatio...

Hey everyone,

sorry for such a daft post! im not a tea/coffee drinker but its only been 4 days since braces were put on and i really am missing my hot chocolates! does anyone know if this will stain my clear ligs? im so paranoid about staining!

Thanks in advance!

Lady g

Hi AliKat

Good luck for tommorow,im positive you will be fine! im from Paisley so you cant live to far away from me??

let us know how you get on!

lady g

Hi everyone! just a wee update on how things have went since my braces were fitted 24 hrs ago... well my teeth are still a wee bit sore, but only when i try to chew anything, just sitting in a relaxed position, i hardly even feel them. jlaur122, my preference was to get always ceramic on the top tee...

Well everyone...they're on! its feels really strange! it didnt take long at all for them to go on and it wasnt sore or uncomfortable (but thank goodness for the recomendation to wear lip balm - those lip separators really dry your lips out!) :) my teeth at the moment feel a little bit sore but the o...

I'm only two weeks in braces and they don't really feel that bad anymore..........sometimes I forget that they're there!!!!! thats what i was hoping to hear! i also have fingers crossed that getting extractions were the worst part, i couldnt go through pain like that again! at the moment im just no...

Ah! im so exited, :lol: cant wait to finally get these babies on! i first called the ortho back in July so ive been in prep for a while! so far ive had a tpa in for about 6/7 weeks and had two teeth out 3 weeks ago so im more than ready to get my braces on! I will no doubt be on here asking all mano...

yeah, i wasnt jumping for joy when i was told that some healthy teeth would have to come out, i have no other option as i have quite bad crowding in my mouth. well the actual extractions were not as bad as i had imagined, there was alot of pulling this way and thay way but they seemed to come out ok...

hi folks thanks for all your info. after looking at a few of your pictures with just 6 ceramic on top, i dont think it will be such a big deal after all, ive been smiling in the mirror (you should have seen the state of me, i looked demonic!) and you cant really see the other teeth anyway. so i thin...