Metal Mouth Message Board

Hey Hibby!! I posted on a similar subject. I guess everyone is different but it my case I have noticed a difference in my face shape. I have an expander on my upper arch (not the kind you turn with a key, just a wire from one side of my top arch to the other that's connected to my upper bands). Anyw...

Hi Slickster,

I'm 23 so I guess I'm still growing... or at least I'd like to think so! . I started out with a pretty narrow upper arch. My ortho put in the upper arch expander to try to correct a crossbite I had on one side of my arch. I've had the expander for 6 months.

Hi everyone, I haven't posted for awhile so I figured I would give a quickie update. Well today I had my most interesting adjustment yet. I got a powerchain put on my top four front teeth and a couple of "kinks" put in my top arch wire to get my teeth even. (A couple teeth were sitting a l...

I will be 24!! 23 right now, scheduled to get de-braced 6/08. Boy I cannot WAIT!!! Especially after the adjustment I got today!! Whew!

My total cost is $5690 not including the $249 records fee. I have ceramic uppers and metal lowers and I also have an expander to widen my upper arch. My treatment time is 17-20 months. All I have to say is thank god for payment plans!! Before I had my consult I thought it would cost maybe $3000 beca...

Hi i!i! !! The new wire didn't hurt initially, but now that it's the day after, my teeth are definitely sore... nothing I can't handle though. My front two teeth are the most sensitive right now since I have that powerchain on them. I asked the assistant how much stronger this wire was and she said ...

Hi everyone!! Just wanted to share that I got my first adjustment today! woo hoo! and it went alot better than expected!! I got a new wire put in already and a powerchain put only on my two front teeth (my expander made me develop a gap). I'm ok for now but I can definitely feel that powerchain pull...

Ceramics all the way. My ortho said if I preferred I could do invisalign but he said it wouldn't correct my cross bite the way that traditional braces would. So I thought to myself, why would I pay more for invisalign and not have the entire problem fixed rather than pay less money and get everythin...

Me too Ishasha!! When I flossed my teeth the night I got my braces on my teeth were throbbing and I wanted to rip all my brackets off. Now that my teeth have moved I can floss with no pain. So glad I don't have to deal with that pain anymore!! but I have a feeling my first adjustment on Wednesday is...

Ouch!! I have U shaped expander as well. (no key, just wire). When I got mine installed it was pinching the roof of my mouth but the assistant lowered it just a teeny bit and whew!!.. I was relieved. You should ask them if they can move it down just a little. There is a teeny space between the top o...

Hi Dymond! I got all four my wisdoms pulled back in April and I had no problem.. I wasn't even knocked out so I was super nervous when I found out that I was gonna be awake the whole time. (they gave me a couple valiums and some laughing gas and I was in my own little world). Anyways I heard all the...

I am thrilled about my next adjustment!! I got braced Sept 7 and my first adjustment is Nov 1 so I still have about a month to go. I can already see the movement in my teeth and I think it is so neat!! They'll probably move even more by the time I go in for my adjustment so it will be really cool to...

Hi Camille!!! I'm 23 and I just got braces last week. I had spacers in for about a week and a half before my braces and my expander were put in. The first 3 days after I got my spacers I was miserable The first day I got them put in I was ok, it just felt like there was big chunks of food stuck in m...

Sorry to hear about your painful molar bands. I kinda felt the same way when they put my upper ceramics on a few days ago. My molars still ache and it was uncomfortable when the assistant put the bands on. Hopefully in a few days the pain will subside and you'll be fine. I would definitely ask the o...

Oddly enough I notice I smile more now that I have my braces on. I have ceramics on my uppers so they're not that noticeable. I've even smiled at work and no one even notices them until I say "did you see my braces?" pretty funny I think. Anyways I love smiling so I'm cheesing all day long...