Metal Mouth Message Board

I really enjoyed reading your blog! You're teeth are super nice and you will definetely have a gorgeous smile after you get your braces off. I was thinking that when I get my braces taken off (in 2 years! lol) i'll get the whitened professionally but after seeing your photos..maybe crest white strip...

I totally understand the no smiling/no confidence thing. I don't think people can really understand the importance of straight teeth unless they don't have it. I've always been the kind of girl that people say "you're pretty but..you need to smile more". I just never smiled in pictures and...

I understand that braces suck. You are doing the right thing and will be able to enjoy a nice smile for along time. Many guys find braces cute and being 21 isn't that odd to have braces. Hang in there and before you know it you will be without braces and married with kids. Good luck. Thanks for the...

Play with toys in the mean time :D Guys aren't just for making our 'toys' redundant! I'm worrying what guys will think of my braces too, I am 24 and split with my boyfriend in January. But like luchababe said, any man who judges you on your braces/expander isn't really worth your time anyway. When ...

I'm really sorry to hear you're having such a hard time. I don't have a palate expander, but I'm sure it was quite a shock to have that AND your braces to get used to at the same time. Keep the faith. You'll get used to things. It's amazing how the body can adapt. And you should be concentrating on...

BracketRacket wrote:It gets better -- hang in there!

Thanks for the encouragement

sjs8906 wrote:It gets better! The day I got mine I was convinced that I was going to have to just stop talking until it was taken out...it was so embarrassing. However, after a week or so I was back to normal.

Thanks for the encouragment. I hope the same thing will happen to me

Is anybody else having horrible speech problems. Its really hard to understand me when I talk but then again ive only had the expander in for 3 days. Tell me it gets better?

I am a 21 year old university student and have been wanting braces for a long time. My parents recently informed me that they would be able to pay for me to get my teeth fixed so I went ahead and started my orthodintic journey :P I got damon brackets put in about a week and a half ago and thought it...