Metal Mouth Message Board

- Millions of years in the future, when whatever lifeforms that inhabit the Earth are digging up the remains of human civilization and they stumble upon my house, they'll find the fossilized remains of hundreds of rubber bands sprinkled throughout my home. - I chew mountains of gum. - I've skipped b...

Many people fall victim to over-analyzation post-braces, and I think you're one of those people. Your teeth are stunning! I hope my teeth look half as good as yours at the end of my treatment.

I did a little bit of digging and I found that nausea after getting braces could be caused by an adverse reaction to the metal that the braces consist of, but this is rare. More likely than not it's the medication or pent-up anxiety that's causing your ailment. Coming from someone who takes Ibuprofe...

Hello folks, I realize that this is a forum for adults with braces, but I decided to join because it won't be long before I legally become an adult. My biggest fear in regards to braces is that I'll still have them when I'm 18. It wouldn't be the end of the world but the last thing I want to be is b...

@Beemur Thank you for your reply. I'm not experiencing any sensitivity, and the pain has shifted to another tooth in a completely different area so I think you're right about it just being pressure.

I brush two times a day and I haven't had an issue. Only caveat is that I brush very thoroughly. There was this brief period of time where I was swamped with schoolwork and I brushed once per day for a handful of days in a row (I was up until the wee hours of the morning toiling away on my work and ...

(This is my first post, so I hope I'm posting in the right place.) I'm having pain in a single tooth. It's the one located directly behind one of my upper canines, and I have a rubber bands that hook onto my upper canines. I can't tell if the pain is caused by the moving of my teeth or by a cavity. ...