Metal Mouth Message Board

I have a similar situation to you, i am missing my upper right lateral incisor as never grew and after braces in teenage years was initially given a flipper with a tooth attached, and then eventually had a bridge fitted attached to my canine. However i am now back in braces after the gap which my br...

eventually you really do get used to it! i think i had mine in for about 5-6 months in total, its been off a while now and i actually cant remember how long its been. I couldnt talk for the first few weeks because the tongue rubbing on it was just agony and that came and went occasionally for the du...

my kit when i first had them fitted 11 months ago included EVERYTHING!!! Now, i take an interdental brush with me, and swill with water after meals. Ive got soo complacent and lazy- I think ever since i had my quad helix expander taken off, as that caused a lot of discomfort and made me more aware o...

i get this all the time now. I probably dont drink enough fluid during the day anyway so go to bed dehydrated- something i really need to work on! But i have the worst lumps and cuts in my mouth currently from having such a dry mouth and the wires and hooks cutting into my cheeks- Making me pretty f...

Ive had this too, and now the gap its trying to open has got even bigger it just looks awful! the rest of my mouth is lovely and clear with nice pearly brackets and elastics, albeit with a metal wire now, but then over one lateral incisor 'gap' i have a huge horrible dark gaping hole with a nice met...