Metal Mouth Message Board

Sorry to hear this news metalmeredith. It must be really disappointing after the excitement of getting your braces off. Retention of a closed diastema is apparently quite difficult. For that reason I understand that it is common for patients with a closed diastema to have a bonded retainer fixed be...

:( my teeth were debraced today, but the upper Essix retainer will be ready in 1 week. My ortho said it wont re-open the diastema again. but now it did like almost 1 milimeter, in few hours. i am so so worried. will the retainer put my teeth back together next week without gap? :?: anyone please? i ...

is there anyone here who tryed this? My gummy smile is due to a deep overbite and diastema. I was wondering if there are any diaries here about using tads to fix overbites/gummy smiles (with pictures). I've already tried to find them, but there are many diaries and some of them doesn't have pictures...

hello! i'm "braced" since 2 weeks and i hope to find very good advices here. are there any diaries or just posts? if there are, whee can i find them? i as wondering if they are grouped or somenthing. and another big question: why is my archwire so loose? it became loose since iesterday, se...

i still cover my mouth with one hand when smile. but is better with these metals. is like covering my big diastema.

hi! love to see people around here removing diastema diastema. I hope i'll be like you in a year, without diastema and spaces. your teeth are so lovely now.

i had 1 adjustment when i put braces and is getting painfull 2-3 days lather, but then is ok. i didn't took pills.

1. Where are you located? Romania, Europe 2. How much are you paying for your braces? 500 euro (is cheapest even for my country, is usually 1000 euro for both arch -metal) 3. What kind of braces do you have? metal 4. What is your estimated time in braces? 12-18 months (the ortho said it, but i think...

i did it 12 days ago. :) i am already used to them. but still have some issues.

yes, they say so... i don't kno why they asociate diastema with lust. i heard it thousands of times. but my diastema actually look bad, i hope braces will close all the gaps there.

i have a huge diastema and deepbite. i always wanted to close that gap. is getting even bigger with time. so i'm on my 10th day of braces. I choose my ortho by the price, is the cheaper. let's hope it will work.