Metal Mouth Message Board

i haven't been on the site in a long time. i was diagnosed w/ metastatic thyroid cancer and have had to deal w/ some other more pressing issues. however i am happy to report that i got my braces off today!! i'm getting ready to have surgery and radiation and my ortho felt it would be best for my bra...

i recently had an ortho appointment and they added some hooks for elastics. i noticed a few days ago (before thanksgiving) that on the lower half of one side of my mouth that there is a thinner wire (not the main wire that goes through the brackets) is pushed up and not laying over the thicker wire ...

decided to post a pics of myself w/ elastics (rubberbands) realized i don't have any fun colors going.....i need to get back to doing that. by the time i brush, floss, put on elastics....that takes up a lot of time! i think i see quite a bit of improvement though.....i've been bad and once i eat i d...

hi haven't posted in a while. thanksgiving dinner was a challenge.couldn't eat some of my favorite crispy stuffing parts or pecans. got rubber bands for the first time two days ago, so hard to see how to put them on/off. i'm 54 and my eyes aren't good with this. at home with my 7 x mirror i can do f...

crazy4snow.....don't be scared. my first two adjustments went like a charm, no problems whatsoever. ......i'm sure yours will be good as well! fingers crossed!

i heard ortho tell her she left one of the brackets open, and some other things i could't hear. he did not look too happy. i wouldn't be suprised if she isn't there when i have my next appointment. at least she kept apologizing for hurting me/screwing up......that makes it not hurt as much somehow t...

i guess we all have one sooner or later. i went in for what should have been a 15-20 minute adjustment turned into an hours and a half ordeal. i think i had a 'new' ortho assistant. she gouged me a few times trying to get the old wire out/open the brackets. but then she put the wrong wire in (too bi...

i'm reposting a post i just posted in annother part of the forum to answer your question about wax and if it helps.... i have the worst god aweful canker sore in my cheek, i have tried everything, silicon gel....i can't get silicon wax to stick it's way back, behind the last molar on top. i've been...

i have the worst god aweful canker sore in my cheek, i have tried everything, silicon gel....i can't get silicon wax to stick it's way back, behind the last molar on top. i've been to ortho twice to have him file that wire down and to put this special healing powder. it looked like notiing was going...

status report on molar bands....the humongous canker sore that was killing me on thursday is stilk there in all it's horrible fury. i'll probably be going back on monday. i don't know what they can do, but maybe they can do something. i'm glad it's not my tongue, that would be very difficult. but th...

carmex!! my favorite one is the bigger yellow tube. i got a smaller carmex, in a skinny black tube don't like it as much as the fatter tube, which allows me to slather it on thick!

thanks little turtle. i hope you won't either. pizza crust....i do miss that too....i'd be happy to be able to eat a soft roll right now....it's been yogart, ice cream, shakes, and macaroni and cheese, apple sauce etc......if i could just heal these monster sores....i'd be ok. the tooth pain per se ...

i know i had a bunch of spicy tortilla chips and trail mix the night before....after about 3 weeks i think i could eat much better....the first week was h e l l but then gradually i could eat most anything, though i didn't have nuts or popcorn. now after my first adjustment, it is h e l l x 10....th...

same here! i suffered in silence for a while and then decided i was going to kill myself if i couldn't get relief, so i called ortho office and as you said, i could have kissed him!!! he filled down sharp edges on my braces, applied a special patch of healing medicne only available to orothos and ga...

mash potatoes are soothing too. you can get through this. the first 3 days are the worst. it gets better. by one week post, you'll be feeling significantly better. hang in there!! we are here for you