Metal Mouth Message Board

I had my top ceramics put on January 26th. I don't go back until April 29th for my first visit. I believe at that time I will get the bottom braces. I have a deep bit and my two front teeth slant inward.

I am just starting to get comfortable with them the canker sores are going away.

I am 50 and and starting my fourth week. It's been difficult, especially with the painful canker sores. I have ceramic on the top and the brace on the eye teeth are rubbing. The pain is going away but the sores are still there. My mouth is dry too and when i work out it's pain. But I trying to think...

I have three weeks in, with ceramics on the top only. My eye teeth braces keep getting stuck on my cheek. I feel like my dog when he gets his jowell stuck on his tooth,lol. I wish there were toothpicks that I could get that would relieve the pressure on my cheeks, just to air them out.

Hmm, I'm not sure if there is any truth of ceramic taking longer. I've heard that debate before.. I have ceramic on top and eventually will get metal on the bottom (I don't have choice unfortunately - but to be honest, I don't care all that much). The ceramic for me was the same cost and I have co-...

This was just a plain long white string not elastic.
Very odd. It was a bit alarming at first.

No it is not dental floss.
I did speak to my ortho today and he doesn't know what I am decribing either. Very strange.

I just had my upper braces put on 16 days ago. I too stated to clench my teeth. Thefirst week I woul wake up in the middle of the night clenching. Yes I have been grinding but never clenching to my knowledge.

As an adult, this is day 16 for me an it has been very challenging. starting out with canker sores. Eating is terrible. I have have had severe colon issues. So I have to watch what I eat. The list is getting smaller. I am sure that I will adjust. It's the adjusting that is making me crazy. I love to...

Okay,I am new to this board and only in my 2nd week with braces. I was brushing my teeth with my new manual ortho toothbrush. I caught it on something. Then i felt a string in the back of my mouth. I took a flash light and found a string hanging at the end of the arch wire. I cut off the string. Has...

I have been using listene for quite a while, two weeks having bracing on and mouth is so dried out. I finally decided today to stop using it and to see what happens. I am starting on biotene. Hopefully this dryness will go away. Has anyone else had this issue? The Dentist tell me that there is a gre...

Hi all, I am 50 year old male who just had, ceramic braces installed on January 20th. I never had braces as a child and the ortho I went said that my bit my good and teeth straight. So here I am starting off with the top an in late April the bottom metal will go on. I am have two huge canker sores f...