Metal Mouth Message Board

I'm going to order some too. It's crazy that you can't get this stuff at regular pharmacies.

Thank you. What to you think about how I cut the palette part away? The retainer still covers all of my teeth just not the palette. The bottoms I can pop off with my tongue. I can't even go out or socialize because I'm too embarrassed about how I sound :'(

Thank you for your response that's a great help. My speech really is awful, people can barely understand me, it sounds like I have a mouth full of peanut butter. I also have a huge ulcer under my tongue from one of the edges. I will call my ortho on Monday. I had lingual braces beforehand and speech...

I had my braces off on Tuesday (YAY) and got a pair of clear essix retainers. They really affected my speech badly, so I cut away the part of the retainer that overlapped onto the palette. Now I am worried that they will not work properly. They still cover my teeth but not any part of palette. Is th...

Hi Everyone I had braces 5 years ago (ceramic uppers, metal lowers) and had them for a whole 2 hours before I had them removed! I couldn't bare the way they pushed out my lips ( barely able to close my mouth) as well as the way they looked on my teeth (absolutely awful!!) I have very crooked and uns...