Metal Mouth Message Board

My ortho was suggesting clear top and metal on the bottom, or all clear, but I went with all metal for cost and I actually like how they look. I have waited 50 years so I wanted to make a statement. :HugeGrin: Me too. I'm 46 and figure if I'm going to get braces why not show them. What's funny only...

Well I had more pain yesterday than the first day which I guess is to be expected. It's better today but I think it was because they had not connected my back teeth (last one's on each side) to the wire the first time. They did a longer wire this time and connected then to the rest and that's where ...

I took the Ibuprofen and it seems to be helping. So far it isn't as bad as when I got them on. It feels a little sore and they feel tighter. I'm sure as the wire gets changed that will continue. He said next time they will be putting on the bottom braces.

I have had various teeth hurt off and on. I think it's quite normal. Usually by the next day or so, that one would stop hurting and maybe later a different one would bother me. Me too. I wake up one day and one tooth is hurting and then when it stops a different one starts. I was worried about it t...

Someone else told me the same thing so I just took a Ibuprofin. Should l take two again right before the appointment or right after?

I get my first adjustment today... so I'm a little nervousness about that. The day I got them pain wan't that bad but I will say it came as sort of a shock. I was like they aren't bothering me too much and later that night I went to eat and realized what everyone was taking about. I told my husband ...

so how bad is it? From other's experience...is it worse than when they put them on or not as bad? Also we went on vacation last week and the week before and we went out on my birthday to Ruby Tuesdays. I got the salad bar and one thing had cut up apples in it so I figured it was ok. After we left my...

I for some reason am loving baked potatos... (the kind with the thin skin that's easy to chew) and veggie Boca burgers on a bun but eaten with a fork and knife

hi I was told by my dentist not the orthodontist that resorption happens when the movie teeth too far through bone - if they have to move them a long way.

On the Damon website it calls it "THE DAMON SYSTEM BRACELIFT" YOUNG AND OLD, MALE AND FEMALE, THE DAMON SYSTEM DELIVERS REMARKABLE RESULTS. The Damon System is based on a unique treatment philosophy that goes beyond straight teeth. Damon Doctors are trained to take the whole patient into a...

You look amazing, congrats!

You look amazing, congrats!

I feel like I am noticing them more now than the first day they were on. I think I have my lips puffed up from rubbing them on the brackets. I'm trying to be concious of it and stop doing it. Then next thing you know I'm doing it again... lol I was reading this woman's blog about getting braces as a...

My whole life I've hated my teeth and people always made mean comments on the color and the way my teeth looked. So in just about all my photos I smile closed lipped. Since I had my braces put on I've had a lot of people asked me why spend the money and do this now... but I feel like if not now then...

Rinse your mouth with 50/50 water and peroxide. I use to get canker sores from orange juice acid all the time and this made them go away faster and they stopped hurting as much too.