Metal Mouth Message Board

I got my braces off in January, so it's been just about 11 months of retainers. I've been wearing the essix at night and, when I took it out Friday morning, a piece cracked off towards the back. I can still wear it, but my bite doesn't feel as good as it did when I had a whole retainer. My ortho can...

Dude! Congratulations! Just read your whole journey and your teeth look bloody amazing. I'm getting mine off in one week but I'm still not 100% happy with them. My concern is the slight cant I have, speaking of which, were you able to get yours corrected or did the ortho just brush it off? And also...

My ortho also just ordered me a lower essix. I'm not sure why they don't give them to us when we get the top ones

Your teeth look fantastic!!

And, FYI... another thing no one ever mentions is how hard it is to remove the Essix retainer when you first get it. I thought "oh I'll just pop it in, pop it out." I didn't think there would be an actual struggle the first day or two

Well?!?!?! I want to see!!!

Hopefully you're done by now. I know you'll let us know how it went. My debanding hurt like a b... hope yours was less painful

igneous wrote:Wow, your teeth are perfect! Congratulations!!

Thank you so much!

I had Damon clear top, metal bottom, and if I remember correctly, I paid about $5,800 (£3,750). It'll vary depending on your location and the orthodontist.

Hey chichi! How has brace free life been now???? How are the bonded retainers??? I'm 4 weeks out and am really not looking forward to getting one put on for life....... Hope you've eaten lots of hard foods and enjoyed not getting food stuck in your teeth ahhaha! Later :) It's been fantastic! I stil...

Thank you all so much!

Still getting used to the bonded retainers. They're really just not comfortable at all

Your teeth look fantastic! I'm also jealous that you only have 1 sensitive area. Having the glue scraped off was horrible and now everything in my mouth throbs when I brush or have a cold drink can't wait for things to settle down

Wow another amazing result chichi I'm happy for you! Two of my braces twins who I've followed since the beginning got debraced today! I hope you and cdnbracegirl stick around long enough to see my deband in march 11th :D I'm definitely looking forward to seeing your results! We've been in this toge...

I'M DONE!!!!!! I have a permanent retainer on top and bottom front 6 and I go next week to get my essix-type retainer. The ortho absolutely shredded my gums when he was removing the glue, so I look forward to seeing what it looks like with less puffy gums. He also plans to do a little more shaping/e...

Sorry your deband date isn't happening yet. I feel your pain... I've been going weekly since September. In August, I was told I'd be finished in September, then it changed to November, and now I just don't even talk about it anymore. If I had to guess, it'd probably be sometime after the holidays at...

Congratulations! They look amazing!

I had buildups. They were certainly annoying at first, but you'll get used to them. However, if I had the choice between having them and not having them, I would choose not to have them. They gave me a little bit of a lisp while I was getting used to them because I couldn't touch my front teeth to m...