Metal Mouth Message Board

ok..thank u all for the replies..that takes a lot of stress and worries away. I feel a lot better! phew! i hope I get metal ties. I love the suspense of not knowing whats going to happen at my next adjustment.

well this is a little different..but my orthodontist told me it would take 6 months to close my gap between my front two teeth and it took a little over 3 months. hopefully thats a good sign that I'll be done with these braces sooner.

I had two wisdom teeth pulled from the top. I took off that day and went to work the next day. My job is a highly active job, running around in the hot sun, playing games with kids all day. So when I went to work that next day...I almost made it the whole work day..but then I went home. Everything w...

Okay so as you can see (below) my teeth were extracted and the ortho is moving my canine back. I'm so confused on whats going on. I just know my next adjustment is in 4wks, when they are usually 6 wks. Do you think I'm getting ELASTICS???????!!! :cry: im not ready! I don't get how elastics are going...

oh I already know for sure they are going to take them off. They told me.

So my ortho is in the same building as my dentist..so when I get my teeth cleaned they are going to take off my wire and do the cleaning. I'm SCARED! I've been seeing great results and I'm scared that my teeth will move if they take my wire off that long. Do they do this where you go? If so, does it...

Definately had more headaches..especially a couple days following adjustments.

But what I am trying to say is..that I have a powerchain on my lower and upper teeth. the gap on my lower teeth is getting larger..i didn't think it was possible since I have a powerchain on.

The only thing I was looking at was my gap between my two front teeth. So I couldn't really tell just by looking at it everyday if it was really closing so I tried to measure it..but didn't have the correct measuring tools. So after about 1.5 months I could tell it was kinda closing. Then once she p...

I know its very common for gaps to form when the arch is being fixed and all. But I thought powerchains were meant to close gaps.

I've had my braces on for over 3 months..and a gap between my two central teeth on the bottom is getting bigger. I've recently gotten a powerchain on the bottom row..and it's STILL getting slightly bigger.

What on earth is going on???? my teeth aren't even that crooked.

THANKS GUYS

Sorry to hear how much pain you were in. But, why did they take off your molar bands and give you new ones??

Well to get my first appointment I had to wait almost a month. Thats because I had to wait for the saturday they were open since I had school during the week. I got everything done on the same day. It took about 1.5 hours-2hours (thats including me thinking about getting braces and if I should get m...

http://pic15.picturetrail.com/VOL598/4008257/9826182/323358215.jpg Just got a powerchain a few days ago and I noticed a quick change within the next day of getting it. My question is .. DO u notice your results just after you get your braces tightened or do you keep seeing results even when your te...