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- Mon May 06, 2024 7:41 pm
- Forum: The Naked Tooth (Retainers and Life After Braces)
- Topic: Best way to clean a clear retainer - hints and tips please!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 14479
Re: Best way to clean a clear retainer - hints and tips please!
i just use a toothbrush and some water. The toothbrush really helps to remove all the debris caught in them.
- Sat Nov 11, 2023 6:40 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Smile Direct Club Has Filed for Bankruptcy
- Replies: 4
- Views: 405
Re: Smile Direct Club Has Filed for Bankruptcy
The fact that Smile Direct Club's business model is based on just creating a series of aligners for their clients without an orthodontist being involved in the process should be a clear sign that Smile Direct Club is a scam (though sadly, many people out there seem to have easily fallen for their sc...
- Sun Aug 20, 2023 11:27 pm
- Forum: Dental Do-dads (Dental Products Q's and Comments)
- Topic: Do you have fillings?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 25476
Re: Do you have fillings?
I've recently had 3 more composite fillings done (all in the lower left quadrant of my mouth) from small cavities I developed while I was still in braces. Interestingly enough, I even developed a small cavity where one of my first molar bands used to be.
- Wed May 10, 2023 7:14 am
- Forum: The Naked Tooth (Retainers and Life After Braces)
- Topic: Essix retainers!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3056
Re: Essix retainers!!
I found them to be uncomfortable at first, but I've slowly been adjusting to having them. I got my braces off on May 4th and got the retainers the same day.
- Tue May 09, 2023 11:48 pm
- Forum: The Naked Tooth (Retainers and Life After Braces)
- Topic: Bite feels off when I take my retainers out in the morning
- Replies: 9
- Views: 18115
Re: Bite feels off when I take my retainers out in the morning
I also have Essix retainers and my bite also feels odd when I take them out to eat or brush my teeth.
- Wed Mar 15, 2023 11:25 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: I feel ready to quit...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1742
Re: I feel ready to quit...
It's March 2023 and I've decided to just stick through with the treatment plan. It can feel frustrating at times, but I know it will be worth it in the end.
- Sun Oct 09, 2022 10:44 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: I feel ready to quit...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1742
I feel ready to quit...
I've had my upper and lower braces on for almost 3 years and I've reached the point where I'm ready to quit having braces, particularly since my teeth have mostly straightened out by now and by the time I see my orthodontist again on November 17th, my lower left canine should be completely aligned w...
- Sun Oct 09, 2022 7:32 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Confess your orthodontic sins.
- Replies: 318
- Views: 45988
Re: Confess your orthodontic sins.
Also, I've recently decided to go ahead and get my lip pierced like I've been wanting to since April 2020. My right snakebite is healing perfectly fine, but I'll have to get the left snakebite redone once the hole is fully closed and healed since the jewelry unfortunately fell out while I was asleep...
- Sun Oct 09, 2022 7:07 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: What's up with no ibuprofen????
- Replies: 9
- Views: 963
Re: What's up with no ibuprofen????
I've heard something about it slowing down tooth movement, but I haven't personally had any problems from taking ibuprofen throughout my orthodontic treatment.
- Sun Oct 09, 2022 3:35 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Brackets on second molars
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3954
Re: Brackets on second molars
I got my lower 2nd molar bands a few days ago, although I'm surprised it was done so late into treatment. I still haven't gotten the upper ones yet though.
- Sun Oct 09, 2022 3:08 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: How long before they put on your lower brace?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5518
Re: How long before they put on your lower brace?
I got my lower ones a few months before the upper ones. As for the pain, the upper ones were more painful to me.
- Sun Aug 21, 2022 2:52 pm
- Forum: The Naked Tooth (Retainers and Life After Braces)
- Topic: permanent retention or removable retention??
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2073
Re: permanent retention or removable retention??
It depends on whether you've had interproximal cavities or not, since having a fixed lingual retainer will make it harder to floss since you can't remove it, whereas you can easily remove Essix retainers when you brush and floss your teeth and put them back in when you're done. Not being able to flo...
- Sat Aug 20, 2022 4:25 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: powerchain pain?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 74873
Re: powerchain pain?
Powerchains are painful when you first get them, but they'll eventually stop giving you pain as your mouth gradually gets used to them. I remember when powerchains were painful for me in February 2020 when I first got them, but now they aren't painful at all.
- Sat Aug 20, 2022 2:08 pm
- Forum: Oral (Orthognathic) Surgery
- Topic: Why are wisdom teeth extracted?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11918
Re: Why are wisdom teeth extracted?
There are a few different reasons why wisdom teeth are extracted, but the most common reason is due to them being impacted (since wisdom teeth are the most likely teeth to become impacted due to a lack of space for them to erupt). That's the reason why I had mine extracted on 2/24 and all of them we...
- Fri Aug 19, 2022 7:16 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Last Months in Braces... Your experiences??
- Replies: 15
- Views: 25017
Re: Last Months in Braces... Your experiences??
My orthodontist said I'll be getting my braces off somewhere in early - mid 2023 a few months ago, but I wasn't given an exact date yet. I can tell I'm in my last few months of braces due to the fact that my teeth are mostly aligned, my 3 previously impacted canines all came in, my midline has been ...