Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi Moty -- BTW, way back when I looked into Invisaline a little. I remember they were good for some things like getting your teeth lined up. But they couldn't do things like move your teeth up and down, or your top teeth relative to your bottom. If your ortho wasn't in favor of Invisaline, maybe you...

Hi Moty -- I feel your pain! To me the question comes down to whether I would want those latch mechanisms sticking into me for months or years, for the convenience of the tech who changes archwires. The techs at my second ortho were very good at their job. They replaced the archwires on my ceramic b...

After 41 months, they're coming off in 8 days! What an accomplishment! It put a smile on my face just thinking about it. Please post to this thread when you're free.

Thank you and everyone else for sharing your experiences and perspectives. It helped to hear your stories.

Hi imwiredtoo -- My ortho told me he figures he can subtract three months from the treatment time of an adult just because they'll wear their elastics when they're supposed to. I wore elastics 24/7 for 15 weeks. They pulled my bottom teeth from in front of my top teeth to their correct position behi...

Hi luxe383 -- That's so cool you're expecting! I too had braces that needed wax continuously, tabs that cut into my mouth, and teeth that weren't moving. Then my ortho wanted even more money, so I went for a second opinion. The second ortho listened to me like I wasn't crazy, installed comfortable b...

Hi bracedintx -- You're smart. I also had a slightly deviated septum that we had been talking about fixing for years. We even had a straightening scheduled when they found the tumor. The neurosurgeons cut into my brain cavity by going up through my nostril, so they had to remove my septum and put it...

Hi bracedintx – Your story about being misdiagnosed by a Damon ortho is remarkable because I suffered that same fate. I had braces as a youth and perfect teeth, but then all of the sudden in middle age my bottom teeth surged past my top. My dentist sent me to the Damon ortho and I fell into the well...

I liked orthosil. I was using a lot of wax so I bought a box of 50 packets over the web from a dental supply house. It was very inexpensive that way. I gave packets to friends. If I dried the spot off and molded the orthosil a little, it would stick quite a while, sometimes through meals. Paraffin w...

Drrick -- Thanks! The ortho I dealt with before I switched doctors installs a permanent retainer on debonding day and tells you your treatment is over. You don't see him again unless it comes loose. Is this not the standard of care? He told me he doesn't favor removable retainers because every time ...

Hi karencoutts -- I read your "braces begone!" post and hope your bracket door is back in place. I also had serious impatience issues in my last three months, even though at that point I wasn't in any pain. The last month, when people said hi, I'd say "twenty-three" and they'd kn...

My new ortho represents craftsmanship and integrity. If Damon sees that as competition, so be it. Thanks for your concern about my initial consultation, but it was a great relief to get some straight talk. I suspected I was being victimized when I got home and found my Damon ortho had installed Damo...

Hi karencouts. I understand the "scientific" study claiming Damons are faster than mainstream brackets was paid for by the corporation that markets Damons. Independent controlled studies haven't reproduced this result. I found a recent article in Journal of Clinical Orthodontics titled &qu...

Thanks Star and thisisme. I thought I was getting clear Damon-3 braces, but the Damon ortho without discussing it decided to install Damon-2s. They were Soviet-era all-metal braces with sharp latches that cut into your mouth and had to be covered with wax. He told me that I never mentioned I wanted ...

I thought I'd contribute my perspective to the Damon vs. ceramic braces discussion, since I've worn both. Damon marketing was quite effective at getting me into Damon braces in no time. Once they were installed I started wondering and checked a few facts. I found out the Damon hype is, IMHO, hype. I...