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- Fri Dec 30, 2011 1:33 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Sick (as in unwell) a TON sinced being braced
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3884
Re: Sick (as in unwell) a TON sinced being braced
Wow, I haven't visited this site for a looooong, long time! My braces make me sick, and it has been 1.5 years, coming off in may I hope! I have gotten used to them for the most part, but they actually make me nauseous (some days better than others)...I think it is a traumatic thing to put your body ...
- Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:04 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Sensitive teeth all of a sudden
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3278
Re: Sensitive teeth all of a sudden
yup...I have had this on and off and freaked out...but now I know it just goes away after a few days...BUT if you are concerned, go in and tell your ortho...I did, they told me I was fine, about 5 times before I figured it was normal...had these things more than a year now (I noticed sensitivity aft...
- Mon Jan 31, 2011 8:44 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Drooling.....anybody??
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2646
Re: Drooling.....anybody??
drooling is normal...I finally have stopped that....
- Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:24 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Anyone else started clenching their teeth since braces?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 31331
Re: Anyone else started clenching their teeth since braces?
Yes, I have become a clencher as well... I try not to, pretty sure I do in my sleep. Seems to be pretty normal, but if it is giving you headaches etc, then tell the ortho....almost braced for 9 months and this seems to be an on and off kind of thing...lately, I can't stop clenching...
- Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:18 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Losing weight worries
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1461
Re: Losing weight worries
I would say it took a full 6 months for me to finally enjoy eating again, but still not 100 percent to be honest! I dropped a bunch of weight too, but it leveled off at losing 10 lbs, and I haven't gained it back, but I have not lost more. I understand totally...braces took the enjoyment of food rig...
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:47 pm
- Forum: Our Braces Stories
- Topic: Braces@48...I know, right?!?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5257
Re: Braces@48...I know, right?!?
I'm Baaaack! Well, my friend did get braces, and I haven't seen him yet, but I did leave him flowers the day he got braced, which happened to be the day I left on vacation! I hope he has checked out this site...hmmm, I told him to... anyhoo, had an appt, right when I got back from sunny Florida (whi...
- Wed Jan 12, 2011 10:23 pm
- Forum: The Bracket Club
- Topic: Braces at 48...wow
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1447
Re: Braces at 48...wow
Whoa, that seems like a really long time! I got a 2 year sentence, got a year and half to go...but my teeth are moving like crazy and am hoping for it to be shorter....5 years?!?!
- Mon Dec 06, 2010 11:03 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Anybody a "mouth breather" out there???
- Replies: 23
- Views: 6696
Re: Anybody a "mouth breather" out there???
Since getting braces I have become a mouth breather at night...I HATE waking up with a dry mouth and my lips sticking to my braces! I bought mouthwash for dry mouth, which helped a little. It is bad for your mouth to get all dried up evidently. Sooooo, I kind of put a pillow under my chin to keep my...
- Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:33 pm
- Forum: The Bracket Club
- Topic: Wife (42) got them Monday
- Replies: 13
- Views: 3871
Re: Wife (42) got them Monday
The beginning is the worse!!!!! I cried for days...on and off. The thing I remember helping me the most...my neice who had had braces and understood sent me beautiful flowers...it really really really really really meant a lot to me to not feel so alone and to have support from someone who had been ...
- Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:27 pm
- Forum: The Bracket Club
- Topic: fat lip
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3571
Re: fat lip
YES!! Sometimes out of nowhere there will be a spot that hurts or my mouth that gets raw...it's just that things shift all the time, and your mouth is soooo sensitive to that, so things rub in a new place. I am having that experience on one side of my upper lip now...just putting wax there for the t...
- Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:24 pm
- Forum: The Bracket Club
- Topic: Five hours in!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2134
Re: Five hours in!
It is funny how all of us, just about, had that same thought of "what was I thinking?"...it really does get better...it took me loooooonger than most. Good luck!
- Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:17 pm
- Forum: Our Braces Stories
- Topic: Braces@48...I know, right?!?
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5257
Re: Braces@48...I know, right?!?
Boy, I sure am not on here as much as at first, which shows I am just getting used to these things! Anyhoo, all is well...things are a movin' and a groovin'...I wish my eye tooth was moving in faster, but slow is good on this one..it was in the middle of my palate...so that is what is making this jo...
- Sun Dec 05, 2010 5:09 pm
- Forum: The Bracket Club
- Topic: 55 and just got braces!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 4221
Re: 55 and just got braces!
I am not on this site as often as I was at first, which shows it does get better and you need less support...but at first, oh brother...those are some crazy days! And I have to say it took a full 6 months to feel comfortable...not talking pain, I never had any...just used to it I guess. That said, I...
- Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:47 am
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: 50 and getting braces
- Replies: 36
- Views: 14913
Re: 50 and getting braces
I'm now 49 with a year and a half to go! It seems like a big deal at first, but definitely by month 6, you hardly even think about them...it took me a little longer than most to get used to them, but I had extractions in the front that were really embarrassing... Go get 'em! Sooner the better...you ...
- Thu Nov 18, 2010 8:36 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Why doesn't it hurt?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1471
I have never had any pain. Every now and then I will have temperature sensitivity, but that seems to come and go. Today I had my first cleaning since braces on, and I have some discomfort from taking arch wire off, getting cleaned, putting arch wire back on...ugh! Lots of tugging on my teeth for a d...