Metal Mouth Message Board

Badbite, the person may or may not have had sedation. I had the option and felt there was no need for a pre med (such as valium) or gas or IV sedation. Most oral surgery you have these options. I have a feeling most people would rather not remamber the process. I on the other hand am very curious an...

I just had an implant place to replace my hopeless #3. I miss hopeless, but the worst part of the process was the extraction and bone graft. The actually placement was quick and painless. I had it placed friday and am doing great. The mouth wash makes my want to gag but other then that NBD. It goes ...

I know its been awhile but I have been very busy. Among other things I had my tonsils out. But we are not here for that. I had my Implant placed on friday the 19th and it went very well. I have little pain ( actually I think my recent adjustment is to blame for the pain i do have) and only slight pu...

Take a deep breath and let it all out. The spacers do get better. I wont say comfortable, but better. This is also one of the worst parts of braces if not the worst. I have spent lots of time with spacers at various points in treatment so i know what you are going through. Soon they will just be a f...

Thats correct I should not have any need for any more work before my implant can be placed. Everything is healing up well. I had alot of pain because of the infection that my tooth had caused. In general I dont think the graft is painful. I will let you know how the actual implant goes, but they hav...

I guess an update is in order. I have been to the ortho and we will be doing an implant in October. Then I get a tooth in March and if all goes well my braces should be off by May. I had alot of pain from the bone graff they did, but that has gone. I will let everyone know how the implant goes.

Thanks for the well wishes all. After my scan yesterday the tooth was called "hopeless #3" so this morning i parted ways with hopeless. The extraction was not to bad, but this leaves me with just my second molar and a premolar for chewing on the right side. It feels like a gaping hole in m...

Well things didnt go to bad at the OS today. just got a RX and have to go back onthe 20th for more a more detailed look. He didnt feel the X-rays showed well enough what was going on so I have to go back for a CT scan so he can see where it is growing from and then have a better plan of action. It m...

So among changing ortho and so on I have also changed jobs. Not a big deal actually really like my new job. I am now 18 month into my treatment and am having another set-back. I started having a tooth ache monday and got in today to see the dentist. I have a huge cyst that was not there less then 3 ...

Glad to hear you have jointed the club. The gap closing up is pretty normal you may see alot of fast movement right off the bat. Then it seems that things slow down a bit. I think that brackets sometimes just pop off for pretty much unknown reasons. then again they can get knocked off to. If you do ...

paying your ortho/dental payments can help your credit. It is considered non-traditional but making these payments on time and every month looks good. you can get a letter from the business you are paying that simply states that you make your payments on time and consistantly. I know serveral people...

it depends on your pain tolerance. It also depends if you are going to have any appliances like a biteplate. I didnt have alot of pain when i first got braces and if it hadnt been for my bite plate I dont think I would have stayed on soft foods for more than 24 hrs. your extractions will most likely...

the part with the wire was interesting. I dont get how you could possibly surf the web or play a video game while at the ortho. I never even have time to pick out a magazine to read before they call me back then its right to work on the braces. Hardly more then 30 minutes from sign-in to check out. ...

So I am happy to say I got rid of the spacers today, but the downside is i got 4 shiny new bands. So in total thats 8 bands. So I dont have a single naked tooth left. My teeth aren't hurting at all but my jaw and my gums are uncomfortable. It was hard to hold my mouth open so far for so long while t...

guilty as charged. I notice it is worse right after a major adjustment. I think it is because my teeth dont want to touch or something. I also seem to drool more when I am really tired but that is nothing new its just worse with braces.