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- Sun Nov 06, 2016 11:33 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: How long did you use wax for?
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1773
Re: How long did you use wax for?
I used it for the first two months, mainly where the posts on my brackets would carve out little ruts into the inside of my lip. Those took forever to heal, and eventually even the wax didn't help any more because the cuts got too big. I got so frustrated at the wax that I just started shoving piece...
- Sat Nov 05, 2016 9:32 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Rubber bands - how the heck to get them on?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 483
Re: Rubber bands - how the heck to get them on?
Welcome to the club! It'll soon become second nature to put them on, but it does take a bit of practice. I've only had two configurations, but I've found I can only put them on using the hand opposite the side the elastic is going on. I also always hook it on the tooth that's further back first and ...
- Tue Sep 27, 2016 9:29 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Can't drink without swishing
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3771
Re: Can't drink without swishing
I swish all the time, so much so that it's become a habit where I'll swish whatever I'm drinking. Usually it's water, which is refreshing, but sometimes it's coffee, which is gross. Whoops! I'm not shy about swishing because it's a lot less gross than going in and picking stuff out (which I still do...
- Tue Sep 27, 2016 9:23 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Bad smell when changing wires
- Replies: 8
- Views: 6364
Re: Bad smell when changing wires
I'm in the same boat, and I also suspect it's bacteria getting built up around the gates (I have damons also). I try to take advantage when they let me brush with the wires out at my appointments, but that only does so much when the appointments are 6-10 weeks apart. I use listerine most of the time...
- Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:54 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Floss doesn't fit between my teeth
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3575
Re: Floss doesn't fit between my teeth
When I use floss threaders, I don't actually thread it through the wire, I thread it straight through the base of my teeth by the gumline so that I can skip the step of forcing the floss into the space between my teeth. It's generally easier to pull the floss out of a tight space than to push it int...
- Sat Sep 17, 2016 2:11 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Any1 else had to wear elastics for this long?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1104
Re: Any1 else had to wear elastics for this long?
I've had to wear elastics since the beginning (11 months now), and I kind of just assume I'll be wearing them the whole time. My treatment is winding down (hopefully done by the end of the year), but there's been no talk of ditching the elastics. At least I've never known anything different, so if I...
- Fri May 27, 2016 4:03 pm
- Forum: Our Braces Stories
- Topic: 28 years old and in Damon Braces - see my progress!
- Replies: 42
- Views: 23646
Re: 28 years old and in Damon Braces - see my progress!
Great progress!
- Fri May 27, 2016 3:57 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Sleeping with braces
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2205
Re: Sleeping with braces
A couple of times I've woken myself up by biting my tongue, which is definitely not something I did before braces. I'm guessing its because my bite is shifting constantly (even if just a little bit) and my tongue has to keep up? Otherwise, my big problem with sleeping is that I usually wake up with ...
- Fri May 27, 2016 3:46 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: How often do you get professional cleanings with braces?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1355
Re: How often do you get professional cleanings with braces?
I've only noticed a little extra tartar buildup, but I've managed to scrape most of it off myself with a proxabrush
- Fri May 27, 2016 3:42 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: What does everybody put in smoothies?
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2199
Re: What does everybody put in smoothies?
My go-to is almond milk, chocolate protein powder, banana, and (if I have it and I'm feeling fancy) avocado. Only recommended if you like your smoothies the consistency of soft-serve ice cream (but who wouldn't??)
- Fri May 27, 2016 3:28 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: nervous
- Replies: 56
- Views: 3678
Re: nervous
I've been wearing elastics since the day I got my braces! I think they are used to fix a variety of things so can be used at any point in the treatment. I believe in the beginning mine were used to "make room" for my crowded upper front teeth to unrotate/disengage. They never cut my mouth,...
- Fri May 27, 2016 3:13 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Time off work with new braces?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1261
Re: Time off work with new braces?
I went to work right after getting mine on, and it was definitely awkward but I don't think taking a few days off would've helped me personally. It took me at least a week or two (hard to recall the exact amount of time now) to start sounding normal again. Even seven months in I'll still occasionall...
- Fri May 27, 2016 3:08 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Which elastics were you assigned to so far???
- Replies: 52
- Views: 23472
Re: Which elastics were you assigned to so far???
I've been in elastics the whole 7 months I've been braced. I started in Quails (3/16", 2oz) which are very light, and I eventually figured out how to eat with them in without snapping them off most of the time. At my adjustment this week they bumped me up to Rabbits (3/16", 3.5oz) which ar...
- Fri May 27, 2016 2:52 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: What are your worst braces symptoms?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 6679
Re: What are your worst braces symptoms?
Relearning how to eat and talk was pretty awkward, but the worst part by far was all of the cuts and sores inside my cheeks and lips. All of my brackets except for the ones on my incisors have posts and hooks on them for elastics, and for the first couple of months two of them would keep cutting my ...
- Fri May 27, 2016 1:37 pm
- Forum: Metal Mouth Forum
- Topic: Poll: At What Age Did You Get Your Braces?
- Replies: 1108
- Views: 243435
Re: Poll: At What Age Did You Get Your Braces?
I got mine a week after turning 28! I guess you could call it a birthday present to myself