Metal Mouth Message Board

I feel like I look like a child in braces so I never smile if I can avoid it. A bit sad maybe but it is what it is.

Wow! You must be so pleased!

Oh, and there are nickel free wires out there. You might have to start out with a thicker wire than normal and depending on your case the ortho might choose not to put the wire in to all your brackets and have it "hanging" from the ligs to reduce pressure in the beginning.

I have nickel free braces, the traditional kind. For peace of mind I would really recommend it, reactions are rare when it comes to nickel in orthodontics but they do exist and it can be severe in some cases.

I don't see anything wrong with your chin at all, in my opinion you look great!! But if you don't feel good then you should absolutely talk to your doc.

The braces.... haha...
So far I haven't been through anything really bad, I don't have bite turbos, no extractions, no spacers. For me the worst part is the braces themselves. So, not bad at all.

Hello, I´m new as well. Been braced for 7 weeks and can't wait to see ho my teeth will look by the end of this!

Congratulations! I can't wait til mine are off!!

My estimated time is 24 months, I have severe crowding, overbite and crossbite.

Almost $4000 (In Sweden)

I currently only show 5 1/2, hoping for at least 8 after treatment is finished

33. Could never afford it before.

Female, 33 from Sweden
1st time in braces and two months into treatment. I´ve seen amazing progress in my lower arch already, my upper however seems one of those cases that gets worse before it gets better (at least I hope so, because it´s not looking good at the moment)

I've had my braces for 48 hours and I can't wait to eat! This gave hope for the future!