Metal Mouth Message Board

Dear Braced Surgery Student: In a word...NO. If your the gums are swollen (inflammed) they will recede when you improve the frequency and efficiency of brushing. Mouthwashes will also help. If the gums are overgrown no amount of brushing will help. They must be reduced "surgically" http://...

Dear Traperr: Ouch! You have to get the "hang" of it (excuse the awful pun) lol. 1. At your next appoinment tell your doctor he left something sharp in your mouth and you had "frantic tongue" for weeks. "Please doc make sure you tuck in tightly all the sharpies or sand down ...

Dear lilone: I'm almost done: My lab work cameback on Feb. 17, 2011 so I posted all the photos and explanation of what is going to happen next week (placement of the abutment in the implant and cementing the crown on the implant. Even though I am an orthodontist and have a familiarity with implants ...

Thank you. I'm happy you found my implant photo documentation story to your liking. http://drted.com/Implant%20treatment%20sequence%20for%20Dr.%20Ted.htm I am enjoying doing the story and am happy to report that this coming week I am going to have the abutment screwed into my implant and the crown c...

Regarding inverted "V" shape of teeth: If I have correctly interpreted what you are describing you should ask your ortho to take a "final" paonoramic because it is entirely possible that the cause of the inverted V IS THAT THE ROOTS OF THE TWO FRONT TEETH HAVE BEEN INADVERTENTLY ...

Dr. Ted reponds: When I remove braces I replace them with retainers the same day . I use the retainers that look like invisalign trays. I ask my patients to wear them 6 nights/week for three years then one night a week for as long as they want the teeth to remain perfectly straight. The moment you c...

Thank you for inquiring. I had bone graft and then implant as a prelude to getting my crown soon. Please go to http://www.drted.com and you will see a section titled "IMPLANTS (EDUCATION)" You will see there links to Parts 1,2,3, and 4 which document all the procedures I have had done incl...

Dear Christina, We dentists have a big word for the process wherein the bone solidifies around the implant: and that word is "osseo-integration". Here is my personal experience: After having a bone graft in the uL4 area the periodontist placed my implant and suggested that I wait for wait ...

DrTed asks:
My patient Pat asked me about placing all the buttons on the lingual surfaces of the teeth. Any of you have them all on the inside? Did you request that specifically from your Ortho. ? Have they worked out ok? Do they make it difficult to remove the trays? Other?

Dear Worried: You can become an expert by going to YouTube and search for "gingivectomy". "Gingivectomy surgury" will also be a choice. I prescribe this procedure for my patients when I am unable to correctly place a bracket; during treatment when the gums overgrow the bracket du...

Dear CheckOutGirl: Herein I share with you my documented experience in having three implants done on myself. Two implants done right next to each other in the front: UL1 and UL2 in the year 2000: See http://drted.com/index.html.bak2/Getting_Dental_Implant_Surgery.htm and an implant at UL4 in a five ...

Dear CuTie from Sydney Australia Hats off to your orthodontist. Making the teeth perfect with linguals can be most difficult in the last few months of treatment. When I come close to the end of treatment and I am not pleased I always offer to replace the lingual with labial braces at no additional c...

Dear fans of MMMB. This is my first post ever. It is even more meaningful since the subject is so delicate. Whether you are male or female it makes little difference whether you are wearing lingual braces. The most important factor is the actual size of your mouth in comparison to the size of the pe...