Metal Mouth Message Board

[quote="Ziggy"]First, sorry this happened to you. This is a lesson that if you feel something is wrong you have to really communicate with your ortho. We can't assume our ortho can "see" everything when we feel something is wrong. I've complained about all kinds of things during ...

[quote="braceyface"]@Ziggy I find that really comforting and I hope so but I hear the case is quite different when you extract premaolrs :( Update: My orthodontist said he'll the non-extraction route for my bottom two teeth but my upper two premolars are mandatory! Someone tell me my face ...

I just read another thread about a dentist not putting on brackets on back molars. I don't have the molar band on either lower or upper (only starts from second tooth from the back), is this a bad sign?

I hated my smile and always covered my mouth when smiling so I got braces. Now one of my canines are chipped and I am so sad about it and he's not providing anything else beside grinding (?) the other tooth too. I am so bummed and starting to regret.

Hey everyone! I have had braces for 1 year and 1 month now. For the past 2-3 months, my canine has been touching a bracket while biting down. This resulted in that it broke off! Upon research I see he could have used something called bite block to prevent this. I have been to 2 appointments where it...