Metal Mouth Message Board

I have used Aquaphor for a very long time now, even before I got braces. My mom used it on her tattoo and suggested I try it since I have dry chappy lips ALL the time. It's worked the best for me. :D But I carry around one the big tubes. X] NO SHAME. Also, @graciebaby28 they do make a lip specific v...

To put it simply, yes. Not before, but now I do. I know if I hadn't gotten them, I might have lost my front two top teeth, but I'm read stories worse than mine and yeah. I kind of do feel like I was being self centered before. :( I think it shouldn't matter why someone wants braces though. If straig...

Ick, food poisoning. :( Get better soon! You're making awesome progress. :D bbbards; For awhile after I got braces, my left top canine always hit one of the brackets and not only was it painful and annoying, I was soooo worried it would forever be that way. :roll: They'll move and it'll get better, ...

Yay! That's so exciting!

I returned home 6 hours after getting them on and attempted to eat cheese sticks cut in tiny pieces. Sigh. That did not go well.

I thought I would starve after I got my braces on since I'm a big carb eater. And by carb eater I mean doritos, cheetos, chips, tacos. All things hard. I didn't eat any of these things for the first couple of months. I even gave up pizza because I knew it would be impossible. I was wrong. They told ...

1. Where are you located? (city, state) thumb area, Michigan.
2. How much are you paying for your braces? $5235
3. What kind of braces do you have? Damon q, all metal.
4. What is your estimated time in braces? They told me 18 months, but we shall see.

I guess I belong in this club too. I didn't know there were so many other people with impacted canines. My right upper canine was impacted, we knew this early on in one of my first visits to an ortho when I was younger, but we didn't do anything about it. I guess we didn't have the money for the bra...