Metal Mouth Message Board

Wow! I'm surprised you kept going with all the treatments despite the failures. But your teeth are really well-shaped, and your smile is going to look really good once your bite gets sorted out!

I feel like the next couple months are going to be agonizing. But I feel like the time (est. treatment was 18-21 months, but this is closer to 17), went by really fast.

I got:
A toothbrush
A box of wax
Lip balm
Travel toothpaste
A picture of what happens when you don't brush your teeth when you have braces
Proxy brush

I went to my appointment yesterday, and my doctor finally gave me a day. Not an exact date, because that will be made at the appointment prior to the debonding day. I was one of the first patients he saw that day, so I felt like I got a little more one-on-one with the him. He said I would have my ne...

I'm not really a fan of my orthodontist. Sure, he does great work, but as far as everything else, it's quite unpersonal. I don't feel as comfortable as I thought I would asking questions. I don't really know how much treatment time I have left. I don't know how my teeth are doing or what needs to be...

I know what you mean! I haven't even had mine in a year and a half, and am hoping to get them off before November for sure. My teeth are incredibly nice and straight, sure. But there's nothing else really great happening. I have few gaps left, so there aren't any new space-closure developments to ma...

I was just given elastics at my last appointment, and I don't find them too bad. They make a triangle between my canines and the two teeth below them (sorry I don't have a picture). I can handle pain pretty well, so that's not an issue. But I'm going to debate camp next week, which will probably inv...

I've been creeping for a while, but finally decided to come out of the shadows as I noticed something a little disturbing today. I've been in braces (ceramics) for about thirteen or fourteen months now, and (for the most part) I'm please for what they've done. At my appointment (which I had a few da...