Metal Mouth Message Board

dfvalent, i have been eating with the turbos for almost 3 months now, and i am happy to report these days i don't use my food processor any more than i did pre-braces. i am a foodie but i eat much of what i ate before. the only thing i can't eat is tough or chewy things that must be bitten off like ...

I'm so tightly bound with elastics now that I can only eat anything that is the consistency of applesauce or thinner... yuk... don't want to see another blended thing in my life except maybe a margarita, if you indulge! http://www.pushupstairs.com/images/emoticon/outfitted/sombrero.gif a few weeks ...

i am partnered so no change in dating -- big trouble otherwise :-#) however i am not self-conscious at all, even with my lisp-inducing turbos. i find myself smiling more at strangers. it seems to really disarm them and i get warm responses. i am a typical new englander, so this is rather out of char...

take a CD in to get the photos if your ortho took the "before" photos digitally.

Ask your ortho!! what is it and why is it there?

donna

I wonder how much in taxes that would save me. The ortho's office also told me I can add this to next year's tax return - - I wonder if that would be just as good? I am bad with all that tax stuff. beth1966: you can roughly figure out the savings by using your flex spending benefit. that would prob...

phil, i am glad to hear the acupuncture works. i noticed your unfamiliarity with some of the drugs used to treat "nerve pain". i have wrist repetitive stress damage (carpal tunnel among others) and over the years have taken amitriptyline, clomiprimine and gabapentin. amitriptyline, clomipr...

tell her you are concerned about knocking off a bracket, breaking a wire, or chipping a tooth while you use your mouth. keep it factual & simple. don't go into any mental anguish if she is unsympathetic. (AW forums are for the anguish!! :) ) you are paying her money for your care, so you should ...

i email with my ortho. this has pluses & minuses, of course, but she can then answer when it suits her (and she is prompt!). her first reply usually sets off a new set of questions but we get everything answered in a few rounds -- until a few weeks later!

donna

i concur with Lisa65, with the following addition. after the first few days of waxing almost 24x7, i let the some irritation occur but at the first sign of impending actual open wound, i waxed & kept it on for 12-24 hours. for me, the first sign of a sore was actually white bumps (this was after...

Faerydust,

my cheeks still get hung up on my hooks but it doesn't hurt (braced 12 Feb, '08--took about 8 days to toughen up). my friends are used to me manually unhooking my cheek while talking. my lips get stuck a bit, too. lip balm of some sort helps with that.

good luck!
donna

i don't understand how/why the ortho would automatically add on 3 months whether is breakage or not. furthermore, if the condition's duration will be 4 days, i cannot imagine it makes that much difference. you may need to talk to your ortho to clear up what you understand to be a policy of "if ...

maybe you have an overbite & your teeth don't show when your jaw is closed. when i smiled, you could see only my top teeth, and about as much of my upper gums:a "gummy smile", i guess. i never knew!! in fact i never really knew or noticed that most people's lower teeth showed to some e...

at 100% risk of repeating myself from another recent post, i would urge everyone newly banded to get the photos from your orthos. if the photos your ortho's offices took are digital, be sure to get the images from the camera. i waited a few weeks before realizing i never had a close-up shot of my ov...

if the photos your ortho's office took are digital, be sure to get the images from the camera. i waited a few weeks before realizing i never had a close-up shot of my overbite. when i called the ortho, they had already deleted the images from the card. arghhh!! so get the photo images--i paid $50 &a...