Metal Mouth Message Board

i swear if i don't feel some kind of pain, wiggling of teeth (crackling feeling as some call it) or soreness of mouth i get super anxious and think my braces aren't working fast enough. but.. um, i have over a 2 yr sentence... anxious, much? anywho, my next adjustment isn't until 10/11/10 so i'm pat...

oh and they placed those bumpers on the lower teeth at my midline, helped a lot.

i would call. i had a ton of movement in those first 6 weeks and i swear i was there weekly for minor things. i was a bit embarassed at first, but i realized they appreciated the attention i was paying to my treatment. anyway, sounds similar to what i was dealing with at first and they placed 'bumpe...

I think I let the rinse hit my tongue way too much the first time. I rinsed with it this morning and avoided my tongue like the plague and had minimal bitterness. I waited 20 minutes and then brushed my tongue with my normal toothpaste and all better. So, I think I can handle it. As with everything ...

Okay so I started using my rinse today and OMG... it is SO bitter afterwards. I mean, when I actually rinsed my mouth it wasn't bad, kind of reminded me of a black licorice with a hint of mint. But I rinsed an hour ago and have this lingering bitter taste in my mouth. The directions say specifically...

Awesome, thanks for the feedback everyone. Now... if I can just stop being anxious for my surgery Wednesday....

I say if you feel like you need the wax, use it. I've been in braces for 4 weeks and I have used wax a couple times a week but almost always in a different spot each time. My bite is changing and my teeth are moving so something new is rubbing all the time. I feel like in the time it takes for me to...

Hello all! So I've been in braces for about 4 weeks now and next week on Wednesday I am having my extraction surgery to remove 4 bicuspids (2 top 2 bottom) and 2 lower wisdoms for 6 teeth total. Anyway, my oral surgeon has prescribed Chlorhexidine Gluconate rinse. I am supposed to begin this rinse 3...

I'm late seeing this but I wanted to share my situation. My treatment time is 24-30 months. Incase it takes the full 30 months, and it just might because I'm getting 4 extractions & correcting a crossbite they are charging me the 30 months price of $6500. My insurance covers $2500 and after that...

Ok so I saw even more rapid movement in my front right tooth over the past week and decided to just go ahead and call my ortho for her to check it out. I'm talking about my front right tooth is now about 2cm 'longer' than the other tooth when they used to line up perfectly. Turns out it is because o...

Thanks for the feedback all. I was sort of freaking out, and ready to call my orthodontist (even though I was just there yesterday to get them to put bumpers on a couple of the brackets). But I guess you all are right... I've heard "it'll get worse before it gets better" and while that is ...

I had a problem that sounds like this... I have metal bands around my 2 back molars on the bottom and the 2nd molars on the top. So I have 6 total metal bands. I was having a lot of trouble with my bite not lining up and one of the upper bands was cutting into my tongue and scraping the tooth/band b...

1. Where are you located? Fort Walton Beach, Florida
2. How much are you paying for your braces? $6541
3. What kind of braces do you have? Metal self-ligating top & bottom
4. What is your estimated time in braces? 30 months (2.5 years)

Hi all! I'm pretty new to the boards. I'm 27 & I've had my braces for about a week now. I've got severe crowding in a very small mouth. I will be getting extractions within the next month of two upper bicuspids and two lower bicuspids. So I need to know if this is normal or if anyone else experi...

I'm 27. My Mom lives in a different state and we don't see each other often at all. I did talk to her to tell her I was getting braces finally, and she was pretty short with me. She said she knew I wanted to do that for awhile, and basically said that it's 'cool'. My Mom had braces in the late 70's ...