Metal Mouth Message Board

Pushing wobbly teeth with your tongue - the only fun there is to be had!! I can't stop doing it when one becomes lose - haven't lost one yet and they don't stay wobbly for long!

Haha, I needed that laugh about wobbly teeth! I just got my braces on yesterday afternoon and man oh man am I in torture. Yes, I am very sore, and yes I look about 15 instead of 24 (my face looks younger in general, but the braces help convince further) and I just can't understand how people can go through with living with this huge obtrusive contraption in their mouths for years! I got lucky, I was quoted 6-8 months. I can't wait to get this crap out of my mouth!

However, in good news... I think I've seen movement in one of my teeth already. I know this probably sounds delusional, but I swear, it's moved!

I know how the "looking young" thing feels. I'm really hoping that the facial imaging study I'm having a month from now as part of jaw surgery prep doesn't require me to shave my goatee. (The facial hair really helps me look my age which is 34.)

Ha I'm 29 and loving the younger look!! Embrace it!!

Anyone else have a really dry mouth when you got braces in?

Yep! dry mouth seems to come as standard! My lips kept splitting too and I thought it would never get better but, like everything else seems to with braces, it did!

5 weeks and 2 days in I am absolutley delighted to have noticed movement!!! I had been taking loads of pics and comparing, and not really seeing any change.
Then today I looked and checked against old pics. My top teeth are practically in a perfect arch!! I am beyond happy!!!

This feeling makes it all worth it and I feel like I love my braces at this moment, lips too! HA!! x

Took me about 2 weeks to be comfortable with everything... I have Damon brackets.

Well I'm 9 weeks in and had my first adjustment.
New wire on top but same on bottom as still some 'untwisting' to do. Was a bit achy a day after but fine now.
They put my ligatures on differently, they are now in a sideways figure of 8 on each bracket? So a wee twist in the middle of each? Does anyone know why this is?