Metal Mouth Message Board

No not yet but I'm hoping soon. My next appt is on the 21st so I'm hoping we'll at least get something scheduled that day. My underbite is getting worse and my brackets on the bottom are starting to rub against my bottom lip :( I'm just hopeful that once I get them extracted everything will move int...

Wow it's been a while since I've posted. A lot has happened and life has been busy. I have been keeping up with taking photo's though. I need to take some this month. Hasn't been a drastic change since last month but there was some movement. I was told at my last adjustment that one of 2 things need...

I have had my upper ceramics for almost 3 months, scheduled to have bottoms put on April 2nd. Over the past week I've noticed my right jaw, right in front of my ear, beginning to hurt (getting a little worse each day) when I chew and open my mouth. I've never been told I have TMJ, but I do have a cr...

See if your ortho can order the Pearl color. I bet they order them periodically and it's just a matter of them ordering that color instead of Clear. Also someone once posted a link where you can purchase your own ligs and take them to the ortho with you and have them put them on. I can't remember th...

Go for Pearl colored ligs instead of clear or white. I've had my pearl ligs for over a month and I eat everything I ate before the braces. I even drink tea and other things that stain and mine are just as white as the day I got them. Pearl looks a little off white on the table but trust me, they are...

I have upper ceramics and have Pearl colored ligs and they havent stained at all. Not sure how long it takes for ligs to stain but mine are the same color they were when I got them on. The assistant said they use Pearl just for that reason because they don't stain like the clear and white ones do. I...

It's not abnormal for you to be this sore at first. I was sore for about a week and then the pain just went away. I'm on day 11 and I eat anything I want (I've had so much chips and salsa these last few days and I was fine). I do still have one tooth on one side and one on the other that are a littl...

Great pics NYG, I too wish mine looked that good. But I've started the process to get there and also fix my bite. Karen, question about the IPR. Is that only done on front teeth? Can the ortho do it on the back teeth instead so I dont loose to much proportion on my lowers. My uppers aren't super ski...

Wow your bite looks very similar to mine (except my lower front teeth are a bit more crowded) But I have what the ortho called a crossbite and Class III bite I believe. I do have direct edge to edge contact. I asked him about extractions and he said maybe or maybe not. He said if I wanted the ideal ...

Well I only have my top ones so far and I'm kinda getting used to them. I hope with the addition of lowers soon it won't be to much worse. :? Guess I'll wait and see. Hope your condition gets better though! Hang in there. Also which "oh-town" are you from in Florida? My bf is from O-cala b...

I'm on day 6 and I can promise you it only gets better. The first night it was wierd and by the second night (i'm embarassed to admit) I nearly had an anxiety attack because I felt like these things were so permanent and I can't just take them off when they bug me. Today is much better though. My fr...

I just had my uppers put on and will get my lowers put on in about 2-3 months. My top teeth are no where near as crooked and in need of straightening as my bottom teeth are. Here's my question: Once my top teeth are in alignment, will they still be adjusted every time? I was just hoping that by some...

Hi NS and WELCOME!!! I have clear (ceramic) on top and will be getting metal on bottom in about 2-3 months. If you get ceramic see if they have pearl colored ligs or o-rings as my ortho called them. They said Pearl doesnt stain and it does blend so well with ceramic brackets. And they haven't staine...

I'm almost 27 and this is my first time in braces. But talking to my friends and sister who had braces over 10 years ago alot has changed. So hopfully this time around will be easier and a lot more painless for you.

Well this is from the beginning and I am going to add to this as things progress :mrgreen: December 5th, 2007 top braces applied Well here I am, the evening of day 1. I was half braced today! I got my top ceramics, metal on back teeth. The appointment went really well. He answered all of my question...