Metal Mouth Message Board

Just had my 2nd adjustment so I went pink/purple for Valentine's Day.

I went with light pink for Valentines day.

Harpua wrote:As I will be trying to draw the least attention to my metal brackets on top and bottom. I think I've narrowed it down to Silver or Black. Which do you all think would be best for my purposes?

Gold ligs would be great, too, especially if you have dark blonde/brown hair.

After a year, I finally got brave (and tired of getting my clear ligs changed all the time from my unrepentant black-coffee drinking ), and did light blue in January for New Year's, then teal after that (very nice! no staining or fading!), now hot pink for Valentine's Day. Am considering purple and green on top and yellow on the bottom for Mardi Gras, the green for St. Pat's, then black for my upcoming, too-big birthday. Clearly, I have gone off the deep end with this.

Harpua wrote:As I will be trying to draw the least attention to my metal brackets on top and bottom. I think I've narrowed it down to Silver or Black. Which do you all think would be best for my purposes?

Next time you're in, ask about "pearl." That is the colour I get and I think it's less noticable than silver or black.

swan wrote:

Harpua wrote:As I will be trying to draw the least attention to my metal brackets on top and bottom. I think I've narrowed it down to Silver or Black. Which do you all think would be best for my purposes?

Gold ligs would be great, too, especially if you have dark blonde/brown hair.

My hair is a very dark brown.
Do you think eye color makes a lot of difference in the equation - looking in the mirror I've almost talked myself into gold, but if I wimp out, I'll get silver or smoke. I'm trying to ease into my new look as smoothly as possible and I'm sure when I first get them, my mouth will look like modern wire art sculpture. I'm dreading all the crooked wires emphasizing my crooked teeth. I've spent so long talking like John Wayne and barely showing my teeth - I just pretend nobody sees it, but I'm sure its always been more obvious than I think.

here is a link to a ligature color selector that might be of some help.
http://www.spannhake-ortho.com/elastics.html
my advice go with what you think you will be most comfortable with. you can try out more daring colors later, so it is ok to go with something subtle the first time. the brackets are grey, so silver or smoke will be the least noticable.
all that siad most people will not notice the lig colors. well maybe if you go with red or yellow (i am working up to those )
chris

I just got silver ligs and so far i love them. I've been drinking tons of coffee and no stain whatsoever. I previously had clear ones and they only stained after 2 weeks but I much prefer the silver ones. They practically look like the clear ones though. Love em

i havent had a problem with staining yet, but i am sure at some point i would like to try some diff colors up top. i would love to see some pics of those silver ligs.
chris

I currently have a very dark blue, I can't wait for my next appointment for a brighter blue. As soon as I find a job I'm pulling out all the stops with bright green, orange and any other eye popping colors I can find.

- Missing Tooth -

Thought I would bump this thread up again, as it always makes me happy to look at people's colors!

Here is what I am currently styling:




Dark blue with some kinda periwinkle-like light blue. Not too bad![/img]

Very nice, alexa! I'm loving the blue, and think I'm going to get blue at my first adjustment next week. I have silver right now and my teeth are still pretty crooked, but might as well live it up, right?!?

Very nice ligs Alexa!

I'm trying to decide between blue or silver. I've never tried silver before and it pretty much depends on how long until my next adjustment because I want silver ligs for when my play opens!

-Hannah




Top braces: 4/28/04
Bottom braces: 11/16/05
Last Adjustment was 2/1/06 where they bonded a bracket to my cuspid, which was impacted!!!! OUCH!

That's a great combo Alexa!!

Thanks for the compliments on the color choices...and Hannah, silver is really cool. I liked it a lot, so definitly give it a try. Especially if you're trying to smile under the radar...it wasn't very noticable at all.