Metal Mouth Message Board

Hello, Everyone. I'm 48 now, and had 2,5 yrs of ortho work for TMJ problems.. my braces came off 3 weeks ago and I LOVE my new face- it's made it all worthwhile (so for those of you who are still going- hang in there! ) BUT- sleeping at night with my new bite, doesn't work. it's just as painful as b...

Hello and Welcome to the over 40's brace club :) i'm 46 and i'm now 8 months in. It's pretty awful and i'm not going to sugar coat it but it is harder at the beginning but when your mouth gets used to all the metal and toughens up against the brackets then it's just a matter of sucking it up and for...

well I'm hoping it works! Yes I am doing the full ortho treatment to cure my TMJ problems... And in answer to another question on the same thread, yes i had ortho and extractions as a kid to improve my jawline but now with a specialist ortho i can see what a huge mess of it they made! I used splints...

Well I started mine 4 months ago at 45 ands i salute you for braving it! Yes i do find it really really annoying. eating is a massive chore and yes i have lost weight. I have found though that it's more about WHAT you eat to substitute the things you can't. If you get hungry and still eat yogurts, i...

I'min Australia and all up it will cost a shade under $11,000 Aud and hoping my insurance covers $2500 !!

It's not cheap is it?!

I wondered the same thing- i'm using wax coz it's the only way i can get through the day but does it just keep the cheeks from experiencing the damage and not toughen up? It's painful at the moment but might be prepared to take the wax off if it speeds up the process in the long run.

advice?

got my appliance on today... my bite doesnt match up at the moment and the wires are chopping my gums.. so i'm at the same stage as you :-+ So far i'm "gumming " all my food with my tongue and just taking comfort from the fact that everyone else tells you that it will get better and the gu...

Good for you! I'm beginning to wish i'd done this earlier too, but I didn't have the Money until now...

My plate goes in on tuesday... I'm sick of the spacers already so can't imagine 2 more years.

Hurrah for you!! I'm dreading the first few weeks... Let us know how you get on

I do not have any of those syndromes and 'I've only just started with the spacers in the last week or so but i really noticed about 2-4 days in i was really tired.just really drained, and kept wanting to sleep all the time. and i wondered if it was my body reacting to the 'shock' of my teeth moving....

do you have progress photos anywhere we can see? just out of interest to see how fast things change even at this age!!

Wow! well done for going through it, I just wish i'd done it earlier....

Hello! thanks for the advice- i think it's going to be painful- I remember some of the problems that I had with braces the first time around and i'm dreading it! I remember the wax- though when i ran out i used to use the red wax from the edam cheese as a home remedy! Good luck with yours- are you n...

yes it's a lot of $! Thank you for your nice words- i did check out your blog- I too am a nerd for things like this and you look very similar to me! I even had glasses but i had Laser eye surgery a few years back so i no longer need them. I tried to get the ticker thing but i think i need to be a Fu...

Hello, I haven't seen the expander/plate appliance he will be putting in so at the moment I don't really know how on earth it's going to work- but i will be asking lots of questions and try to put up my best interpretation on my blog! It all starts next week- just in time for Christmas!