Metal Mouth Message Board

Thanks all :) I have been using luke warm water..not ice cold or too hot. And a soft toothbrush as well. So far they don't appear to be scratched up so I am releived by that. Oh yes, I have 2 cats who seem VERY interested in my retainers lol. I have to make sure I put them in their case right away w...

My last ortho visit. I sit down. Doc was like, do you want these off right now? Well how could I say no! So that was a nice surprise. It was a pretty quick process. The top ceramic ones hurt a bit to take off though. The gluing of the bonded retainer and the grinding was kind of uncomfortable but so...

I have the same problem only with my right side. There is this big red circle..it kept scabbing up as well. The OS told me to rub polysporin on it or Vitamin E..it's not really going away and I'm almost 8 weeks post op grr..so I know how you feel!

I had tight elastics for 1 week after..after that i've had one on each side..and still have them..5 weeks in. Tomorrow I'm seeing my OS..so something might change.

Wow that's an early surgery! Don't worry about being scared..you are not alone with that one. I was absolutley terrified before my surgery too. I just had my lower jaw advanced a month ago now. I went to the hospital all alone and neve had any surgeries before either except for wisdom teeth extracti...

They moved it quite a bit! But it looks great

I think I had my impressions 2 weeks or so before surgery. I think they like to keep the time in between as close as possible so the surgeon knows exactly what he's dealing with. The impressions weren't that bad..they were really sticky tho..they were kinda hard to get out and all the gunk gets caug...

Great results Phil

I enjoyed your story! That's amazing no numbness! You're so lucky!

My stitches are driving me crazy! I was told a little after 2 weeks they will start to dissolve..but they are still fully there..now that the swelling inside my mouth has gone down i can see them and they are long! They go from just behind my back teeth all the way to my lower incisors. And when I t...

Welcome back Phil I hope the heat pack works out well for you!

Wishing you all the best on Saturday and to a speedy recovery! At least you don't have to stay in the hospital!

I had my lower jaw surgery about 2 weeks ago now..I have that clicking/snapping thing going on on my left side..usually when I bite together it happens..my OS said that was normal..after 3 months tho? Hmm..I know that was one of the "things that could happen" after surgery along with proba...

For the first few days I lived off of Boost and soup broth...after a week when I got looser elastics I've been eating pasta, chicken, rice, soup..basically anything as long as I cut it up into teeny pieces and just swallow it.

Lol my stepmom had 1 tooth pulled the other day and she was like yeah I know exactly how you feel..I can't really eat either. I'm like...yeah, uh huh..I wish..they sawed threw bone..you can eat in a couple days..me a few weeks.