Metal Mouth Message Board

Ever since I've had braces, I do not close my mouth all the way (as in, hold my teeth together) unless I'm eating or the ortho tells me to. I find that biting down all the way is uncomfortable for me. Is it ok to continue this until my braces are removed and biting is much easier for me?

I'm doing the same thing, Cissa. I was told that my bite is going to change so much during the course of my treatment that sometimes I will not bite at all and sometimes I will bite down completely.

Same thing here, Cissa. I actually cannot bite down all the way, since my front teeth are touching my bottom brackets and my molars no longer touch But I've read that it's pretty common and I don't think not biting down is a problem in any way.

I do try to touch certain teeth together (if I can) to check for that "sponginess" thing, and to see how much they are hurting me. But if my teeth did come together completely right now, I think I'd be very uncomfortable.