Metal Mouth Message Board

MissJoey - I got my RPE January 24th and turned twice a day for three weeks (one appointment after 2 weeks to check its progress). On February 15th I was done turning but they want to keep the RPE in for 6 months so that the bone can grow where the space was created. My orthodontist told me yesterd...

Alright! The moment you've all been waiting for....MY UPDATED PICS!!!!! http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/9417/comparisontopbracesco2.jpg http://img481.imageshack.us/img481/5060/rpecomparisonstarttofindx7.jpg Yes, my ortho should have pushed the offending metal against the bands but the problem was...

Yep, definitely got some movement! Looking nice, Tina! Your pics look great, too! I love my waterpik, too! My dentist office told me though not to set it past the lowest setting because if it's set too high it will wash out your floura and that's not good! So they told me to be careful with it and k...

I haven't completely disappeared. My new laptop is doing wonderfully but it's a pain in the butt to get away from my fiance. Work has been slow for him so he's been home a lot and I haven't been able to get on the computer for longer than about 5 minutes at a time. I will be taking my much overdue p...

Goodness...I am absent for ONE WEEKEND and look at all I miss! Work kicked my butt Wednesday and Thursday and then all weekend I spent (since I only get 2 weekends a month off) with Rodney. Your pictures look great...now just steal the hubby's camera for the remainder of braced times and you'll alwa...

Tina: I know it was SOOO big. My cousin said it cracked her up seeing me with that HUGE gap. I told her it was big but she didn't quite believe me. I didn't get a chance to ask the ortho about the pop noise but I will tell you this. In the second week when I pressed on the bridge of my nose it would...

You're pics came out wonderfully. Why do you think I don't take many open mouth shots? Because you wouldn't be able to see far in there! That camera is sooooo easy to operate. If you keep waiting for the hubby to come home WE may miss something cool happening. Get him to show you how easy it is and ...

Here are my updated pictures! Lots of progress!!!! I have my orthodontist appointment for that broken bracket to be fixed on Friday but they said it would be fine until then since it's not bothering me at all! http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/1028/rpevd6.png http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/4450...

Hey, everyone! I apologize that it has been 17 days since I have updated my blog! My laptop died and I had to order a brand new one...the ONLY computer at my house is an EXTREMELY SLOW desktop and it's so slow with uploading my pics that I gave up trying. Thankfully I received my new laptop Thursday...

TINA! I am so excited to see you got your brace story up and those spacers aren't still killing you! Only 6 more days til the BIG day! I will be looking forward to all the updates!

AHHHH, TINA! I AM SOOOOOO EXCITED FOR YOU!!!! I have never seen METAL spacers are they bands that fit around the whole tooth? If so, those are soooo much better than the spacers! I have 4 bands around my teeth for the RPE and they are wonderful compared to the rubber spacers! I can't bite down compl...

http://bestsmileys.com/wow/2.gif http://bestsmileys.com/wow/2.gif http://bestsmileys.com/wow/2.gif Absolutely amazing! When is the date to get the RPE taken out!? Then you can get the rest of those tops on and magically move some more teeth http://bestsmileys.com/magic/4.gif ! He will probably cut ...

Thanks so much Kim, KK, and Tina !!! I am very happy that there has been such good progress but I am not very fond of the gap. It's only temporary though so it is something that I can deal with! I can only image how much more progress I can have until my appointment! I mean that gap is big consideri...

Well...it's been a week and I have PROGRESS! Definite gap between my front teeth and a change in bite. My tongue is raw in the middle because the RPE has been rubbing. Lots of salt water rinses for me but I am also sick so tea and salt water have been my friend for the past couple of days. Here are ...

Gosh, Kim! I am sorry that you are having issues with the expander now. I struggled with the same issues when I had to decide out of all the options he gave me. I figured...until you try you never know. If you tried and it didn't work then at least you know for sure and there is never a question in ...