Metal Mouth Message Board

It's interesting. I am feeling better now but last Monday I had a power chain put on and I felt sick to my stomach again all day. I think it's just a weird stress thing...

I did take ibuprofen a couple of days but I thought that might be what was making me feel sick so I stopped. I am feeling better this week but still have waves of nausea. Maybe it's just stress?

So has anyone experienced bouts of nausea the first week or so after getting braces? I can't figure out what to attribute it to. At first I thought it was the amount of dairy I was consuming so I cut back. I'm still having it and I wonder if it's something else involving having braces and getting us...

Polenta! Last night i had it at a restaurant with olive oil and parmesan. It was so satisfying and easy to eat! I've been eating a lot of mac n cheese too. Braces are a great excuse to indulge! I can't really do high dairy foods that also have sugar because make me nauseous but cheese and pasta actu...

Thank you loridee76 for your post...it's really helpful. I've only had my braces on for 5 days and I'm looking forward to the day when I'm not so obsessed with how they feel on my teeth or anxious when greeting people.

Thanks Blondecam.I am going to try those. When looking at pictures I can see that once the ligatures are stretched around brackets they don't seem as dark/ bright as they do prior to being put on the teeth...

Thanks everyone. I will plan to have a bit of red before my last appointment prior to leaving for Italy - good idea! I have to go in on Monday to have another bracket put on and I think I might try the gray and the light blue ligatures on a couple of my side teeth to get an idea of what they'd look ...

Hi! I am new as well and getting my braces on today - I'm pretty nervous. The plan is ceramic on top and damon metal on the bottom. In a way I can't believe I am doing this because I'm already a bit self-concious and an introvert but I'm imagining this will be a growing exeperience!

Hi. I am 51 and getting my clarity ceramic braces on tomorrow...I'm nervous but excited. The deal is that I'm really into red wine and have a trip planned this summer for a month in Italy (!!!!!) It's my first trip to Europe and I've been planning this long before my dentist said I really need to ge...

Thank you! I'm so nervous - tomorrow is the big day!

Hi. This is my first post. I am 51 and getting my braces put on Tuesday. I have a smaller lower jaw and severe overbite. My Ortho recommends the clarity clear ceramic on the top and metal on the bottom. I'd really like to get the ceramic on the bottom as well but she says the they are more fragile a...