Metal Mouth Message Board

Well, they are finally on! Got them this morning at 9:00am.

I am so excited. I was scheduled for clear on top and metal on bottom.

But when I saw my tech's beautiful platinum/gold braces and how "invisible" they looked, I decided to go for it and got platinum/gold on upper and lower. My boyfriend has not seen them yet, I cannot wait to see his reaction. ( he has clear/silver when he was 37 - 4 years ago.). I will have to post pics.

I was really self-conscious that I was going to have silver/ clear. I am a "matchy- matchy " person, so I am thrilled that I now have matching top and bottom.

They look really cool and I cannot wait to begin to see how my teeth shift.
I am a middle school teacher, so the gold sets me apart a little. All the kids are fascinated that Ms. K got braces.

Now my biggest dillema is : do I change my hair color??? a really dark brunette and think I may ned some blonde highlights to pull the whole look together.


Pain has not really set in, I can feel it coming though. I tried to eat /suck on a hershey' s kiss... it feels strange to have something in my mouth right now. like I don't want to mess up my beautiful braces...

Yeah... this is a mile stone for me. whoo- hoo.

Welcome, and hurry and post pics!

Congrats at getting braced today.

My ortho showed me some gold ones and they did look really nice. I'm not sure what I'm having yet because they do a very large range and it also depends on what he recommends for me after he's taken x-rays and moulds etc.

Good luck with your journey.

Hi and welcome! Wow, all gold - I can't wait to see the pics. One of the Orthodontists at the office where I go has gold and they look great! You will probably have a little pain but hopefully it won't be that bad. My braces were put on October 29th so I haven't had mine long. I took Advil at first and it really helped but I really didn't have any problems. The worst part is the feeling of them in your mouth but you will get used to that.

KathyC

They sound really cool! Gennel, a member here, had gold braces and they looked really nice.

Maybe some gold-y highlights in the hair would pull the new look together, and of course some nice gold earrings for Christmas from Mr Juliejewels

The clerk at the shoe store I shop at frequently has gold brackets.

When I still had my braces, she and I would chat about having braces and hers were REALLY COOL!!

She has cocoa-latte colored skin and the whitest teeth. Those gold brackets were really pretty!!

I have gold brackets on bottom. I've had them for a year. I still get compliments on them. Got one today, as a matter of fact!

Welcome Julie,

I too had gold braces for almost 5 years starting in '93. I was the only person I new who had gold then. It was a shocker for alot of people. But I had just had a bad accident, several surgeries, and I needed a pick me up, so i got the gold ones. I also had waist length dark brown hair and it was very curly........afro almost. My nickname was BOZO.......

Anyways, you will want to use a tooth'paste', not a gel or anything with the little pumice whitening things in them. I say this from experience. After a bit of time, the gels and others will cause the gold to come off of the brackets making them silver.....I had to have a bunch replaced throughout my treatment and just say this to you as a warning...

Good Luck and let me or any of us here at AW know if you have any problems. Start you a blog story line so you can see your progress.

Mott

I have the same combo as you do. Have gold ligs on the gold brackets, even. It looks really nice, IMO and yes, they become almost invisible.

ENJOY!