Metal Mouth Message Board

Mine look better in some ways and worse in others. My teeth are all individually much straighter and most of the gaps have closed. However, I have an underbite on one side, and because of that my open bite can't be closed yet. And the open bite is HUGE! Much worse than before. I can't bite down on a...

I broke a bracket sometime in the last month but didn't realize it until I went in to get my wires changed. I guess the wire was so heavy it kept the bracket from appearing to be broken and it was just hanging there without my knowledge. Unfortunately, this meant that I had to go back to a lighter w...

I got my braces just over three weeks ago. I've been noticing that a few teeth are loosening up. I can see that one of my top front teeth is moving outward, to match up with the other tooth. It kind of surprised me, because in my mind, I thought the other tooth needed to move back. So that was inter...

I'm new too. I had mine put on four days ago. How have the last couple of weeks been?

So it's been four days. I've been back at work for two days, and so far no one has mentioned the braces. But I've kind of been low key about them. The first day, I felt self-conscious, and I felt like I didn't know what to do with my mouth. Do I smile big? If I do, my upper lip flips up over the bra...

Impatient and hesitant pretty well sums up how I was feeling. It will get here before you know it. I like the silver, but I think light blue would look nice too. I go back in eight weeks for my first adjustment. I'm experiencing discomfort, but no pain. There are sore spots inside my mouth, but wax ...

[quote="Ellabelle"]Yay for you! I loooove my metal braces!! Oh, colors, I love colors too. I'm partial to purples, pinks, blues/teals, and greens. Have fun with it!!! Like anything life, it is what you make it, and I'm glad you share my positive attitude (and fondness for colors). :) Good ...

I had previously scheduled to get my braces on Jan 13, but changed it to today the 20th. I have tomorrow off, so I thought that would make the transition to going to work with my new metal mouth a little easier. Getting the brackets on was so easy. They had taken molds of my teeth, and the orthodont...

Pardon the pun! I'm 53, first time getting braces. I had my consultation today. I confirmed some things I already knew, and learned some new things too. Without this website I wouldn't have known what questions to ask. The condyles of my jaw have some bone loss, which is thrusting my lower jaw forwa...

Hi, I've got my consultation with the orthodontist in a couple of days. It seems like most people who get ceramics end up with metal on the bottom. What is the most common reason for that? Is it because the bottom teeth are less noticeable, so metal won't make much of an appearance issue if they're ...

Hi, I'm 53 years old, and while I never had perfectly straight teeth, it's been in the last 15 years that my teeth have really gotten crooked. I have big gaps in some places and crowding on others. I have my consultation on January 8. I'm really nervous, since I've been doing a lot of research onlin...