Metal Mouth Message Board

Have you got permanent retainers top and bottom. My ortho won't put permanent on top and he says I'll need to wear retainer initially 24/7 then at night for life arghhhh as I run the risk of my arches collapsing even further than they had pre braces. Yeah, permanent on top and bottom. I've been wea...

Oh what an excellent result. So worth it. Did you get them whitened? Thanks :) No I haven't had them whitened yet, just a good clean. I was heading off to Greece for a week a few days after I got my braces off and I knew I'd be drinking a lot of red wine so thought I'd leave it until I got back. I ...

And they're off!! They're not perfect, the midline is slightly off and they're not all exactly the same shape, but I really don't care. I'm so happy with how they turned out. Money definitely well spent. unnamed-3.jpg unnamed-2.jpg I've had them off for three days now and I've only managed to show m...

Wow. How fantastic. Demanding in a few days. They look great. How long did you need to have elastics for altogether? I'm scared about them and they gave not been discussed as yet. Your teeth look so great. 11 months you lucky thing! Thank you. Just three days to go!! It's weird, it's been the longe...

Wow, your teeth are looking so much better already. They'll look great once the gaps have closed up. You must be really happy with the result so far

I want to sink my teeth into an apple... I don't crave apples but I want to see the beautiful perfect arch I imagine all my life. :oops: I totally get this. We have these gummy sweets in the UK called Percy Pigs. I bit into one of those the other day and it looked like it had been laser cut. It was...

MissEvaH wrote:Not really a meal, but I'm going to have a huge bag of movie theater popcorn!

I've been eating that anyway

What's everyone looking forward to eating when their braces comes off? The office fruit bowl arrive today and I realised I'm really looking forward to choosing anything I want out of it, instead of playing safe with grapes and satsumas. Next time I going for an apple or a plum. Also really looking f...

I popped off two brackets, one of them twice and I've had my Damon braces 11 months. I haven't had to go in for anything else though.

Not that I've noticed and I drink a fair amount of coffee, tea, red wine, etc. Like you, I have bonding on one of my upper incisors because they weren't the same length. I also have bonding on my lower incisors to repair chips that happened before braces. Ah great, thanks. I'm going to have my teet...

Looking great!

I'm having my braces off next week (yay!) and I'm getting bonding on one of my front teeth to make it level with the other one. It's not hugely different just a bit worn where it was crooked. I'm just wondering whether bonding stains? Will I have to limit the amount of coffee and red wine I drink fo...

I'm from the UK so we only have to be 18 to buy alcohol. I'm 27 and get asked for ID all the time. I feel it might be because of braces but I've made a point of trying not to show them and it still happens. Maybe I'm subconsciously giving something away.

I HAVE A DEBRACING DATE! 3 weeks from now on the 1st September, which will make my total time in braces exactly 11 months, almost to the hour. At my appointment he's going to debrace then I'm going to pop next door to get a clean and back to the ortho for some bonding, shaping and retainer fitting. ...

Yeah definitely, you'll go through phases where different teeth are wobbly at the different times, depending on which ones are moving. For me it stopped about 6/7 months in, my teeth haven't moved much since then.

Good luck with your braces