Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi, hope all is well. As I have posted previously, orthodontic treatment time is Island Time. Every patient is different and things happen as they happen. Trying to predict only leads to frustration. Just relax and go with the flow and the end will come! Much less stressful that way.

Hi wiredbee. Glad you are making good progress. Power chains are frequently used to close spaces or gaps between the teeth. Depending on where the gaps are they may make the midline shift but frequently elastics are used to move the midline. Best of luck!

Hi Elaf. Have you had a recent consultation with any orthodontists? I would suggest having a consultation with a periodontist to make sure that you are a good candidate for orthodontics. I don't really think that it would matter which order you had the consultations but even if you have an orthodont...

Welcome! The first few days or weeks with braces are and adjustment but after that you almost forget they are there. (Except when eating, brushing, and flossing) I finished with my braces in July so am now in retention. Treatment estimates especially for adults can be just that, estimates. Both time...

Hi Justme64, very sorry to hear you are having these issues. I would agree with Dan that a second opinion might be helpful. What does your general dentist think of your bite and what was the reason that your general dentist contacted your orthodontist? If your general dentist regularly refers patien...

Sorry to hear you are having problems. I don't have any direct experience with mandible fractures thankfully. The plates can be removed but I think the surgery required to do this is similar in scope to the placement surgery and thus are usually left in place. I have seen where the plate becomes exp...

Hi chele. Sounds like you have had some non supportive reactions to getting braces? Sorry to hear that. I had braces in my fifties to close some spaces left by my high school orthodontist and just finished a third round to close some annoying spaced between the molars in my sixties. I have found mos...

That is interesting. I have noticed how their advertising has changed over the years to where the care is now "doctor directed". Never understood how they got away with the all at home model Seems like practicing without a license. I see other suspect ads as well as from Aspen Dental where...

Hi. In my experience the fee for orthodontic treatment is for the treatment plan not for a specific time period or number of appointments. That is a good thing for those of us that have been on island time. I would think that when the appliance is removed and when the final payment is made would not...

Hi vampirefangsm, Glad to see that you are finally finished with your braces. I know you were getting frustrated toward the end.

Glad to hear that you are doing better, Cankers do suck. Salt rinses help but they kind of condense the pain temporarily then some temporary relief. In case you get a recurrence, most general dental offices have some variation of a "Magic Mouthwash" Has lidocaine viscous and sometimes some...

Hi all. Finally graduated into the Naked Tooth Club, after 22 months of a 6 month treatment plan!!!

I think staining is a fairly common issue with clear brackets plus the wires are not clear. Hopefully the staining is the bracket or the bonding material which is likely the case and not the actual enamel tooth structure. Just keep up with the good home care and things should be ok in the long run. ...

Sorry you are having these problems. It seems a bit odd that the powerchains keep coming off. I have had part of one of the links come loose from either the top or bottom half of the bracket a time or two in which case you just need to stretch the ring back around the wings of the bracket but I have...

hi Duallydani. From your post it sounds like you have some issues which orthodontics can address and correct. TMJ issues are frequently multi-factorial. Orthodontics may improve or possibly even resolve your TMJ issues but I would reluctant to refer a patient for orthodontics on the presumption that...