Metal Mouth Message Board

... advice so far. My orthodontist moved me from the round wires to the steel rectangular wires on thursday. A little sore but nothing terrible (the cankers i constantly get are more painful than what the wires do). My orthodontist mentioned that eventually we'd get to the stage where they start ...

Hello,

One strategy to alleviate this discomfort is to use ortho wax. You can also find free images or diagrams of proper application techniques online.

I know what you mean just got metal braces again two weeks ago for the second time at age 64 I forgot about canker sores but salt water rinse seems to help with me.

Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll ask about the mouthwash if I’m still having canker issues by my first braces follow up. I had at least 6 cankers by the end of week one of braces (most I could deal with, but one was huge and on my salivary gland - it liked to hook onto my braces and so I really ...

Thank you!

Made it a sticky. Good suggestion!!!

Glad to hear that you are doing better, Cankers do suck. Salt rinses help but they kind of condense the pain temporarily then some temporary relief. In case you get a recurrence, most general dental offices have some variation of a "Magic ...

Glad to hear that you are doing better, Cankers do suck. Salt rinses help but they kind of condense the pain temporarily then some temporary relief. In case you get a recurrence, most general dental offices have some variation of a "Magic ...

Good to hear, and best of luck to you!

Thanks.. It seems like the worst of the cankers is over (for now). Not sure if it helped, but I did a lot of salt water rinses. Ortho dots were probably the biggest pain reducer, though they didn't stay on particularly long (long enough I think ...

Welcome to the board! I don't have any great answers, but I did search this forum on "cankers", results = https://www.archwired.com/phpbb2/search.php?keywords=cankers&fid%5B0%5D=13 . Hopefully you'll find some helpful advise amongst the results. Sounds ...

... A little sore but so far not as bad as the discomfort I experienced from the carriere retainer. The main annoyance is that I’m very prone to cankers - I wasn’t expecting my first one to show up on day 2. Any favourite strategies to deal with cankers? I had this problem during braces round ...

... if you guys can think of any good ones too!! On the last day of braces, my true love gave to me... 12 brackets breaking 11 spinaches sticking 10 cankers cramping 9 popcorns poking 8 flossers failing 7 elastics lacking 6 toothbrushes brushing 5 TYLENOL!!!!!!!! 4 swear words stifled 3 wines a-winning ...

... ortho gave me silicon, but earplug wax is a great idea) so my cheeks can get used to it quickly. The pain hasn't been too bad at all, I expected cankers but only have one on my gums from the thing they used to keep my mouth open while installing the braces. It's not in a spot where anything rubs ...

... for your responses! I've picked up a pack of Canker Covers, rinsing with salt water several times a day, and am putting wax on the brackets. the cankers are still there but I will hope they'll go away along with the swelling in a week or so. Admin, I'll be on the look out for that rinse and speak ...