Metal Mouth Message Board

Wanted to return and see how you, my cohort, made out.... Nice nice job! Your teeth look terrific! After 5 months of 20/7 with Hawley retainers I look forward to night only wear. Took me a good few months for my teeth and gums to strengthen and tighten up enough to eat apples and corn on the cob. Ca...

Here is a shot of 4 months post brace removal. I still wear my retainers night and day. I will be wearing at night only in June. My teeth no longer feel 'loose' as they did initially. I do feel I don't have my bite perfect as eating some foods (Ike sunflower seeds) causes me to bite my inner cheek. ...

The Braces have been debonded! Free at last! I decided after 2 weeks of double banding myself to correct my bite that I was good to go. My ortho didn't disagree this morning so the braces have been removed. It feels great! I am happy with the results! The process took about an hour. The snapping of ...

HUGE let down, friends. I am feeling so depressed at the moment! I went to my ortho and he said my midline and right bite not correct as he had thought t would be today since my last visit 2 weeks ago. :( I remain in chains literally and figuratively. I so wanted to think I could have freedom today....

This also happened to me....only 2 popped off. I had it happen when I tried flossing. I think the cement needed a couple days to 'cure'. Once the mutual break in period, all brackets have stayed put. Good luck!!!

One more day....one day more?!?!? Is my new lucky number 4? I had my Damon braces cemented to my teeth on April 4th. Exactly 20 months later, tomorrow December 4th, I have an appointment to have my braces removed!!!!! I am so very excited, but at the same time, feeling nervous! Mentally I am ready.....

Great progress! wow! It's great you are feeling and seeing changes! I have wire ties (very thin metal wire) under my arch wire that are wound in a figure 8 around my brackets. This, in lieu of a powerchain. I think my teeth are so small that no elastic powerchain was effective in bring my teeth toge...

Thank you to everyone for your comments. Particularly nice to hear from those of you who have been there with me since the beginning of my treatment. I'd love to hear how you are all doing with your treatment as well!!!!! Now that the time is drawing near I am tickled to get these things off, but al...

Consider finding an orthodontist who works with Damon braces. I had an overbite and a cross bite and didn't get into all those situations you have been told. 20 months total time.

CHECKING IN! For those of you who have followed my story, I am still hanging onto my brackets with you all at this point...I have yet to graduate to the 'naked tooth' or 'retainer' blogs on this site, but I am please to state that while my ticker below is WRONG (I don't know how to remove or edit th...

Good luck with your journey! It's been quite a ride for me. I was initially told 15 months but apparently my teeth have a different timetable?! Oh well....I know I am close! I did not choose to have my crown placed on one of my upper molars until after these braces are removed; why? brackets don't a...

I have been quietly hanging in there for the past several months. I am still with my fellow braces comrades! Yet, I am getting closer to removal...not there yet. I see my ticker below is incorrect. I can't figure out how to edit that. That ticker was wishful thinking I guess. I had an adjustment at ...

Hey there,
I believe you can see pictures after you post a designated number of times.

Hey there! So happy we will be finishing up together! We've been together on this for over 14 months now.

I can definitely say I have lapsed into the pattern so many before me have fallen in. For the first several days, weeks, then months of wearing braces, I posted and noticed and spoke quite often about this wire or that elastic placement. I detailed all sorts of quirky things I thought about....like ...