Metal Mouth Message Board

Yes, but bear in mind that when you have a cast, generally you do not have any pins and such holding those healing bones. My colleague's wife broke her leg badly in a skiing accident (I always said that's a crazy sport ;) ) and was given the option of some long amount of time in a cast, and somewha...

Wow, I guess I forget quickly how much of an inconvenience it was to have my jaw mis-alligned. I used to push my lower jaw forward for pictures. When anyone (like the ortho) asked me to bite down, I was always REALLY unsure about what felt like a comfortable bite. I guess the problem was -- nothing ...

As to eating afterwards: 1. the doc says he wants his patients back on solids as soon as possible, to get those muscles used to their new positions. Hmm, it seems to me that you should allow a decent amount of time for your bones to heal. After breaking any other bone in your body, they put it in a...

I don't know why you can't see this pic, but you can see the ones in my first post.... Yeah if you've had open heart surgery, then you'll be FINE with this one. Just eat up before the surgery and go shopping for lots of different kinds of food that you don't have to chew. I love to cook, so after th...

Meryaten, My orthodontist said that the norm is 6-9 months in braces after you heal from the surgery. He said next appointment he will take an xray and give me an estimate. But I saw the oral surgeon today and he said he'd estimate 3 more months. Of course, he's not looking at my roots -- he's just ...

Per request, I am posting some pics of my before/after. I don't have any good photos of my teeth immediately before surgery, but I do have photos of before braces, and an xray immediately after surgery. Before braces I had an over bite and somewhat of an over jet. My upper teeth were angled in towar...

It is not old mouthwash -- it is new. I can hardly believe no one else has experienced this.

Has anyone else experienced mouthwash reacting to their metal braces? When I use Scope or the new Crest "pro-health" mouthwash, it starts clotting up and I end up with small bits of green stuff hanging on to the metal parts of my braces. It's not a problem with Listerine or Targon mouthwas...

All I can say is make sure you do your research. Get a 2nd ... and 3rd opinion. I was almost talked into getting invisalign by an orthodontist who wanted my business - at any cost. (I went there for a 2nd opinion) I did a lot of research on-line and put that together with what all 3 orthos had to sa...