Metal Mouth Message Board

I consulted with three orthos in my area. I chose my ortho because of his experience, his stuff, and the environment in his office, and how he could answer all my questions without putting pressure on me to choose him. I think it's very important choosing the right ortho who you can trust and at the...

Hi Roxie, I had to wear my elastic for about 9 months till the last day of my braces. My hooks broke off three times while I was eating due to too much force. I know you suppose to wear elastic while you're eating, but if it's too uncomfortable for you, my suggestion to you is to take your elastic o...

Hello cocobear! Welcome, congrats on your braces! You are a step closer to perfect teeth! Hang in there, you will get use to having braces after awhile. Sadly, I had lisp through out my 15 months with braces, but my friend didn't have any lisp so I guess it depends on the person. Hopefully yours wil...

I use ACT Restoring 2X a day.

I would call your ortho office and ask them what would be the best solution for you to do while waiting for your retainers.
If are lucky, they will probably squeeze you in for an appointment.

Good luck!

My ortho did reshape my teeth without me asking. I will have a six week check of my retainers soon and he said if I don't like how my teeth look, then he could reshape them again when I go back. My suggest to you is before you get your braces debond, ask your ortho or his assistant if they will perf...

My ortho has straight teeth but not those Hollywood veneers type of teeth. His teeth are natural and when I got my braces off, me and my ortho took a picture together and my teeth were much whiter than his even right after I debond which I was extremely happy about. :lol: Overall it really depends o...

Hey, well all toothpastes have some whitening in them. My dentist who knew I was getting braces gave me whitening toothpaste by colgate, the Colgate Total Paste. My dentist is a cosmetic dentist so I doubt they would have given me that kind knowing it would stain so you should be good. I think it m...

Hi guys!
I just want to ask all of you who uses whitening toothpaste, does it true that the whitening toothpaste stain your brackets after you get them off?

I agree with ArchWired28 . I also have metal Damon myself. The first (aka. starter wire) wire that I got doesn't really do anything much for me, but as soon as I had my first adjustment, they changed my wire to a heavier wire, as soon as I woke up the next, my teeth had move so much over night. I th...

Thanks guys!!

Can't wait to hear more opinions from other.

Hi guys, I'm just curious how you guys keep your teeth looking white with or without the whitening products. It would be very helpful if you listed all the products you use. I know that we aren't suppose to use any whitening stuff because they're going to stain the brackets but I don't want to be wa...

Hi there!! I use the Sonicare Flexcare+, it comes with 5 different brushing modes: Clean, Sensitive, Gum Care, and that's all I remember but you can google it. This is probably the best decision I've ever made for my teeth(other than the fact that I decided to get braces :lol:) It really made the d...

Wooooowwwww!!!!!!
This is so amazing and your teeth look so beautiful!!!
How long did it take you to get that amazing smile?!

Hi Snowglobe32, Thank you so much for your help!! I really want to get the SureSmile and I'll be in my ortho's office again this Tuesday to get my metal bands :( And I will ask him about this since he was busy last time I went in, hopefully he will consider this as a trial because this gonna be his ...