Metal Mouth Message Board

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My ortho said that I can use it and don't have to floss. I loved flossing before braces, but now I can't stand it, so I'm going to get by with regular cleanings and the water pik. I use several attachments and I believe I'm doing a thorough job without floss.

Mine works the same way. I've read a ton of negative reviews about it. You'll just have to get used to the idea that you have to fill it up 5 or 10 times per cleaning. I travel alot, and now I just bite the bullet and put the home version in my suitcase.

My ortho is my dentist also. Is that weird?

Looking great! Wish I was at your level of progress.

Hi Seattlegirl, I'm 4 days in. It's not too bad. The teeth hurt, but I suppose that's normal at this stage. Like others here, it's the not being able to eat certain things that bother me the most. I work out hard, and not being able to eat steak and protein that I need is tough. I just drink protein...

Right now you are better off than me. I'm in day 4. My entire mouth is raw and sore. My teeth are hurting also. In short, I'm fairly miserable. Sometime while using my waterpik, I shot a hole in my tongue. I'm only eating soft food. I just workout to make myself concentrate on a different kind of pa...

Katt, I would post my story, but I didn't get the pictures from the Dr. Was I supposed to ask for them? I tried to take some myself before I was braced, but they didn't turn out well. It's too close to focus properly. If I can get them from him on a flash disk or something, I'll post.

Katt, it's good to hear someone else feels the same about the colors and not caring. I started to go with veneers and avoid all of this, but after researching it for a long time...no thanks. The horror stories talked me out of it.

Did anyone else's literature say not to drink diet soda? I did a search for this on the site and didn't see anyone talk about it specifically. I can see why regular soda would hurt, but diet? My paper said that it acts the same as the sugary soda. Bottom line is, I'm not giving up diet soda or coffe...

Thanks for your reply. I may get pink next time just to prove I'm a real man! It's funny, as a teen i never would have thought about that. As an adult, I could really care less. I may even get flourescent green or something just to spite everyone.

Hello Everyone, I'm John and just had the brackets and wires installed today. I particularly enjoyed everyones posts going back a few weeks ago when I first started working on getting this done. I think the wire spacers were worse than the actual braces. My teeth are hurting a little, especially the...