Metal Mouth Message Board

Looking good. I just got mine so I'll be following your posts. Thanks for sharing.

OK - here's a picture from day 1, which was yesterday.

Wow, sounds like great progress in less than two months! Congratulations!

Oh, definitely. I check them 25 hours a day... At least it feels like that way...

OK. I will probably document this less in the future, but for the beginning I'm paying a lot of attention to what's happening - perhaps too much - so here goes: This is embarrassing and funny: when I tried to brush my teeth last night (using an electric toothbrush), I wasn't able to close my mouth p...

Thank you both!

Congratulations! Mine went on today, too. They are the traditional type so you will probably have yours done way sooner. Hope everything goes well!

Newbie here - braces just went in today. Can you put wax on clear brackets? I know they can go on metal ones. Thanks!

It's official now. The braces are in. I hope to post some pictures when I am authorized to do so. It was a smooth experience. After spacers were removed, four bands were put. The assistant could fit three of them, but the last one was a bit tight so the doc came to the rescue. No problem for him - h...

Hi. I'm getting braces today and am looking forward to it. Middle-aged and finally decided to do this. Glad I found this community here. Feeling anxious, excited, hopeful...

So, last summer I made up my mind that I would do something about my smile. I went to see an orthodontist, who is a friend of my dentist. We discussed the treatment plan and the rough cost. With a small mouth and regularly sized teeth, I needed two extractions - possibly three if we included one wis...

-- This was originally posted on the general forum, and then I discovered this board and thought it more fitting to move here -- I'm getting my braces tomorrow, so I decided to register here today and document my journey. I had braces during the teen years that successfully brought down an upper can...