Metal Mouth Message Board

Today is my second day with my new hardware and there is a lot a soreness. I am taking some vicoden I had left over from my tonsil surgery earlier this year and it is helping. I have yet to see my boyfriend and quite honestley I am really nervous about him seeing me. His reactio was not what I was h...

Well today was the day! I am offically a brace face. I got the herbst appliance almost completley removed which was extremley painful. For the ortho to get the back molar caps off they used this tool that looked simliar to pliars and yanked them off. When they moved to the tops it was very sensitive...

Well I went to the ortho yesterday and excellent news! I am gettng my herbst off Dec 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!yahoooooo. The same day I will get a full rack of braces. InOvation Clear on the top and metal on the bottom. I am really excited and nervous at the same time. I am newly dating this guy and he has...

Well after about 3 months, I am finally able to post something! My life has been very eventful. I have moved to San Francisco and now a full time student here. It has been amazing and my herbst appliance is doing well. At my last emergency visit I was told I will get it off in December and then brac...

Well hello all! Today I had my 3rd herbst adjustment...and whoa! it was a big one! I had two "links" as I call them added to each side increasing my edge to edge by two millimeters. It is really making my jaw ache but I am glad to see progress. Over the next few days my teeth will start to...

Hello to all! It has been several months since my last posting but my life has been very busy to say the least. I have had 2 herbst adjustments and my 3rd is on July 8th. Last adjustment they added a clip to my left side to adjust my midline...nothing to painful just a little strange feeling, but I ...

Well I know that it has been a while since I posted but I figure I would give a short update. I had my tonsilis removed on April 1st and MAN! That was a though recovery!!! But I am feeling much better and I am back to work. I went for my first herbst adjustment a week ago and had nothing done. The o...

At first it is awkward but not painful. You'll have a bar under your tounge that makes you lisp like crazy. It is a week later for me and I am talking alright. Your jaw will be really tired but it all smoothes over. I am now back to eating normally (only 1 week). I had pizza for lunch yesterday (no ...

At first it is awkward but not painful. You'll have a bar under your tounge that makes you lisp like crazy. It is a week later for me and I am talking alright. Your jaw will be really tired but it all smoothes over. I am now back to eating normally (only 1 week). I had pizza for lunch yesterday (no ...

Hey there and welcome! You are in luck...I just got my herbst a week ago today. No you cannot see it from the outside and when you open your mouth you can see some metal. I have found that if I dont say anything about it, people dont even know that I have it. Let me know if you have anyother questio...

Thanks for saying I have pretty teeth :D it makes me feel good! Yes, Lisa I have a waterpik and it is great! I will brush and floss and then use my waterpik and I am amazed at what junk still comes out. I think that I brush at least 5 times a day! Well I'll try to get the pictures posted tomorrow. K...

haha thats funny, on my computer they took up a whole computer screen. I will post new ones when I get a chance. This weeked was interesting. On Friday I took the day off to get used to talking, and it wasen't working so well...so my brother brought over some whisky and let me have a couple of drink...

Soo sorry about the gigantic pictures, I tried to crop them...now you all know me up close and personal!! Haha

Well, it went O.K. No real problems getting it in. It dosen't really hurt that much but my mouth doesn't close all the way to eat...so it is smoothies for me for a while! I would describe the feeling as weird and irritating, because my jaw keeps wanting to move back and it can't. I kept waking up wi...

No I'm not Lisa I could'nt get the time off from my 2nd job. Sometimes I hate having responsibilities. I think that I am going to go at the end of the month (March) but we'll see. Thanks for asking!

Katie