Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi uncleezno, have you considered getting an Essix with a bite plane to wear at night? That's what I have. I have a similar issue to yours: I originally had a very strong overbite, and the braces corrected it by raising my molars, but in the last few weeks of my treatment they started to not touch a...

I got my braces off 7 weeks ago and am noticing the same thing! For the first 6 weeks I wore my upper and lower Essix retainers 24/7, except while eating. After 6 weeks, I switched to just nighttime wear. When I take them out in the morning, my bite feels off on the right side. The #1 upper and lowe...

What is a Nance button? Can you describe it? (Maybe I know it by a different name...)

Thanks ItsFreyja! I'm really pleased with how well it worked.

Every time I get a new wire, I get it for a few days. Am going through it now! And I find it kind of "addicting", I find myself opening and closing my mouth just to make my teeth crackle, lol!

OK, here's my 6-week progress report: This reverse curve wire worked so well, my Ortho removed it today after just 6 weeks of wear! AND HE ALSO REMOVED THE BITE TURBOS FROM MY FRONT TEETH!! :jump: :-* :jump: (can you tell I'm happy?) As I mentioned previously, during the first few days of wearing th...

AAGH!! BITE BLOCKERS!! I've had them on the backs of my two upper front teeth since day one (12 months ago) and I expect I will probably have them for another 3-6 months. You can't bite into anything with your front teeth - you have to either use a knife and fork to cut your food into small pieces o...

Wow, good for you! And that's encouraging to me, because I am trying to be obsessive about wearing my elastics too. I keep telling myself that every minute I spend in elastics now means much less time in braces down the road. I've been braced for 12 months and have worn elastics from day 1...and am ...

Oh, I hate to hear that this wire hurts. I think I'll be getting one eventually as my upper incisors need to be intruded big-time. Hope everyone's teeth feel better soon. Yes, it does hurt more than any other wire I've had (I'm 12 months into treatment now, with another 8-12 months expected). It hu...

kids041, thanks so very much for the explanation and picture! I just got that exact wire put in my lower arch this morning (well, it looked like that exact wire!). It makes sense, because I too have a deep bite. I've worn box elastics (in the shape of a box around upper and lower 5,6,7''s) for the p...

I don't floss with string floss. I only waterpik.

Dentist and Ortho both think I'm doing an amazing job with my flossing and say to "keep it up!".

I have Damons.... Clear on the top and metal on the bottom AND I do have bite turbos on the backs of my two upper front teeth, because otherwise I would hit the lower brackets and either break them off or damage my upper teeth. My ortho said he doesn't do clears on the bottom because they don't work...

Yes, it also depends on *why* you can't eat normally. I've been braced for 9 months now, and I still can't eat normally because I can't chew. But my issue isn't pain (I have none) - it's the fact that my upper and lower molars still don't meet each other, so I can't grind or chew food. I have to eit...

... The other day I ran into a total stranger and he complimented me on my straight teeth and asked when my braces were coming off <snip> It really made my day! I know exactly what you mean! Last week I went for a haircut and my hairdresser, who I hadn't seen in about 10 weeks, said "Wow! Your...

Hi lulu75, I had a similar experience. I got my braces 7 months ago at age 53. For the first 2-3 days my only pain was the discomfort/rubbing on the inside of my mouth...then BAM! The pain started. For the next week or 2 (or maybe 3) I had pain in my lower jaw, some days on the left, some days on th...