Metal Mouth Message Board

Thanks for the reply. I know shaping would probably make a lot of difference, but the problem is he already "did" the shaping. Hopefully I can convince him otherwise when I go back in for my retainer check.

Thanks for the compliments guys, although I don't see how you would be happy with my lower arch's result.

Why don't you see how you feel about it over the ensuing weeks, and if you're still not happy by the time you go in for your retainer check, push him on the issue some more? Oh, I know I am going to be asking about this the next time I go back in early July. But before then I will have a cleaning w...

The tooth that is capped is the right central. And I noticed that the left central seems to be giving the most noticeable problem. If you look closely at the before and after pictures, you can see that he did try to shape that tooth. I think he gave up though because it was right next to the capped ...

Thanks guys. I know one of the reasons he was hesitant to work on the bottoms is because one (I don't know names or numbers) of the teeth is "capped", so as he put it "doesn't want it to explode". That I can understand, as it is not his tooth (work), but all the others to me, sho...

Hey, thought I'd stop back in here and post a little update. My braces have been taken off. The tops were debanded on April 24th, and the bottoms this past Monday. I received a Hawley retainer for the upper arch, and a bonded for the lower arch. My teeth look a lot better now than what they were in ...

Congrats on the debanding. That was a lot of progress, and it looks great.

My ortho keeps saying I am getting close. Hopefully some month soon.

Thanks for the response Meryaten.

Is it common practice to have these teeth attached to the wire?

I asked my orthodontist about this once, and he said hopefully we won't have to touch them.

I think I might be missing something here, but what exactly are "7s"?

Cutting of 1/3 of your treatment must sound nice. First consult that I went to said that it would take 30-36 months :shock: . I went to another one thanks to finding this site, and the new ortho said I would be done a little after two years. Well I have had them on for about 16 or so months now, and...

I don't know if anyone here has ever had a herbst appliance (I hear they're usually used on children) Hey I was in the same boat as you when I was first going to consultations for braces. The first ortho I went to said I would need a Herbst. I went to a few other orthos and they all said that it wo...

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Thanks for the reply. I have asked in the past if he would use an upper bonded retainer, and he has said no. That is why I started to call other orthos to see what they do, and if they would put one in for me. To clarify my original post my ortho uses Lower: bonded Upper: removable I would like to h...

Hey, I haven't posted here in a long time but I thought I would stop by to ask a couple questions. At my last visit my orthodontist said that I am getting close to the end of treatment. Although he didn't give me a time frame, the ortho's assistant said that he is working on the finishing details. S...