Metal Mouth Message Board

Thanks for all of the advice. I am adjusting to the wax thing and actually starting to use less of it. Also getting used to having a mouthful of saliva!

Sorry if this has been in another post, but I am not feeling that great right now to do a search. Wondering about sinus headaches. I started having headaches last night (terrible ones) and over the counter drugs don't seem to work. I can tell my teeth are starting to loosen. Do the headaches last the whole time or are they something that subside as well?

Thanks everyone for your encouragement!!!!

I've not suffered headaches, but I would expect yours to subside. If they don't, check with your ortho and if necessary, your GP.

My $0.02 worth on the wax thing....

Don't be so quick to discount wax usage..

.. I thought after about 3-4 mths into braces I was done with the whole wax thing; I figured my mouth was fairly well toughened and had even taken the extreme step of no longer purchasing wax every week. "Ah good", I thought, "I'm through the toughening bit". Then a powerchain was installed to begin the extraction gap closure/overjet retraction.

"Come in and have the wires clipped if they start to poke you", Mr Ortho-Man said. "Hmm", I thought, "I guess sometime in the 6 weeks til my next appointment that could become necessary, but probably not. My mouth is pretty d*mn tough these days!". Within the first week I started getting pokey wires. Fully intending to make the trek all the way out to the Ortho-Man as soon as convenient, I tried to alleviate the problem by pushing the ends of the wires inwards using my toothbrush head, as suggested by KK. Only succeeded in making divots in my toothbrush head!

"I will go and get these wires trimmed", I said. Uh-huh. 5 weeks and innumerous cases of wax later at my next appointment, Mr Ortho-Man said, "Now make sure you come in and have these wires trimmed if they poke you". "Oh yes", I said, " this time I definitely will."

Five days later the wires are starting to poke again. Bring on the wax...

As for unneccesary buckets of saliva...