Metal Mouth Message Board

So I got my braces off in july, and I was told to wear my retainer full-time for 3 months, and then nights after that. For the most part I followed that, except I didnt wear it very often at night in november cause I had a massive cold, and it was just too much! Now when I put my retainer in again, ...

So my ortho tightened my Essix up a bit at my last appointment to help one of my teeth move back into place. It hurt worst than any pain I've ever felt in my mouth, and the tooth was even a bit wobbly for a while after. Anyways, since the weeks have passed between that and next week (which is my nex...

Was Surgery worth it? It definitely was, although I had only 6mm of movement, it makes a huge difference. 2. If you could do it all over again would you? Of course. The actual prep for the surgery and walking into the OR was easy breezy. It wasnt so fun after though! Would I make any changes? YES. I...

Hey everyone.. I was given an Essix because one of my bottom teeth started to shift and told to wear it for a month. At my next appt, I told them that I didnt think the retainer moved the tooth at all, and I was right. So they did some filing between my teeth (which hurts!!) and altered the essix wi...

Hey guys, Im post-op BSSO advancement and genioplasty reduction.. I've been brace free for about a month, and everything has been fine up to the past week and a bit. I find that if i shift my lower jaw from side to side that when i move it to the right, I feel a bit of pain along the right side of m...

Hey everyone! I just got my braces off about two weeks ago, and very recently my front teeth on the bottom started to go a bit crooked again. Today I went in to get my bonded retainer and Hawley for the top.. they couldn't put the bonded one on due to the teeth shifting, so now I have to wear an ess...

blueeyedboy... The elastics configuration was kinda weird. They put a button on the inside surface of my second-last molars.. from there, the elastic stretched to my bottom jaw and hooked around my three last molars. It looked like a big triangle. He had tried it a few months ago with only hooking i...

I think I was due to have them off in late september early october, so not that far off, but still pretty fast!!

I had my wisdom teeth out on a friday, and the braces on the monday.. they didnt wanna waste any time with me!

Hey everyone!! I haven't posted in a while cause I've been busy with school/work.. At my last appt, my ortho said I was on "the doorstep" of getting my braces off, and I just had to continue with elastics to widen my arch. At todays appointment, he took a look and said "okay.. want to...

Mine was only 6mm. Which actually made a world of difference, despite the fact 6mm isnt alot!

Im almost four months post op BSSO (advancement) and Genioplasty. I had a good two weeks or so in april where my chin and bottom lip were really tingly and I thought for sure that meant some feeling was coming back. Then, it just stopped tingling, and I now feel even more 'frozen' than right after s...

I had a BSSO + Genio about 3 months ago.. Even though I had someone home all day, I did find that the timing of the medications they gave me made it so that I was never missing doses or anything. Make sure you eat..even if its just ensures or boosts, or making yourself some soup or something. The se...

Hey everyone.. I went to the ortho yesterday and he said that my upper arch is a bit too narrow, so he'd need to bond some buttons to the inside of my teeth.. this has to be the strangest elastic configuration ever..the elastics essentially go from my lower arch molar brackets to the inside of my to...

I have the same "tightness" issue in my chin.. sometimes It feels like that feeling you get when your face is cold from being outside and its hard to move your muscles. Strange. Even almost 3 months post-op BSSO + Genio that I only started to get a tingly feeling in the past couple of week...

I would assume they are pretty important..like you said to prevent relapse and to train your bite to stay in its new place.. Im about 6, 7 weeks post bsso advancement and genio and Only the past couple of days I'll put them in a couple hours after removing them, but I always make sure to sleep with ...