Metal Mouth Message Board

Tokens are given for things like good brushing and flossing, recommending people to her practice, wearing the T shirt that she gives her patients after getting braced, etc. It's incentives for getting kids to keep their braces clean and mouth healthy but the adults get in on it' too! The prizes are ...

Kipepeo wrote:No molar bands, no spacers. I have the Damon system (self ligating braces).

Me too!

Mine was 12 to 18 months. They are coming off in 2 weeks so that will be 18 months, 4 days!

Wow!!! What a great smile, can't wait until it's my turn!!!!

Water will be your best friend. Not only for swishing out the gunk in your braces but keeping you mouth from drying out.

Love my Water Pik!

Yogurt, baked sweet potatoes and Blue Bell Vanilla Ice Cream!

I'm down to the last 3 weeks of treatment. Today was my last power chain (bright pink!) application and the weirdest elastic configuration I've ever seen. It starts in the very back and zig zags up and down 5 times and stops short of my front teeth. This mean NO snacks since it is a royal pain to re...

You will be surprised at the comments - most will be positive! I've even had people tell me they wish they could go through with it. I' m now in the home stretch with about 3 weeks to go and the time had flown. I'm 57 and since this is my LAST time I made it much more fun! I honestly didn't care wha...

Congrats, gorgeous smile!

Definitely go for it, you won't regret it!!! :

After wearing elastics most of the time I've had braces, it feels weird without them! Between the power chain and the tightness of the elastics, my teeth have really shaped up. Whipped those puppies into submission and now they are all straight and pretty! Next month will be the the finishing before...

I didn't get cold sores until the braces went on. ARGH.......my arch nemesis! However, the more I keep hydrated, the less cold sores I have.

Congratulations!!!! Beautiful smile and you wear it proudly!

The finishing wire can be on for as little as one appointment before debracing to many many months. Mine was on for 8 months and it drove me nuts that they could call something "final" but treatment lasted so much longer! Mine is the same, it's been on 7 months BUT I found out last week I...

Awesome smile....impatiently waiting until it's my turn!