Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi everyone, I just got my 3rd adjustment today. After i had my previous ones, my teeth would feel tight for at least a day or two -and esp first couple of hours i'd really feel the tension. Today i got my 3rd adjustment, (the technician was different this time), and i feel nothing. it actually feel...

For me, speech was never a problem. I think i noticed the difference more than anyone else. Many people around me didn't even notice. And the rest knew i was going to get them to begin with. It's been more than 3 months, and i have always had a problem towards the end of the day when i am tired, or ...

yeah, it's been 2 months for me, and i still cannot chew food 100% because my molars don't meet. Definitely getting better, but i cannot wait until i can start eating AND enjoying steak again. As CC said, rice is impossible, and yes i got used to swallowing big pieces. and yes, front teeth are doing...

YES! we want to look our bests at our wedding :) we keep saying we should have started at least a year ago, but i am just happy that we startes sooner than later. And it helps so much to go through this together, we understand each other's pains and eating troubles etc, although we have different ty...

thanks for the reply Maclock! I contacted the new ortho i wanted, and the receptionist told me that i had to transfer all my files from my current ortho otherwise he wouldn't even see me for a consultation! well, that was pretty rude and was hard to believe. if i hadn't mentioned that i have braces,...

Thanks everyone. I finally talked to my ortho last friday. Well, he tried to explain that it would be "fair" if i didn't follow the directions, missed appointments etc. so "fair" is the worst case scenario. And he also said he didn't "circle" that; probably the person w...

Lysachick! wow! i will be asking that to my ortho! if that's the case i won't wait! my only concern was the x-ray stuff they might do at the end. didn't want to me pregrant at that time understandably. but hey, if it helps the teeth move faster, i will pass on the x-ray until the pregrancy is over. ...

thank you dr strassner. i went back and had them removed. feels much better this way. i have another question. one of my lower left molars is missing. there has been a gap between the first molar and my other teeth for more than 16 years. over the years that molar leaned towards the gap. now with br...

hi everyone.. i think i need some consolation. when i first started my treatment, i signed my contract without looking at every details.well, i was organizing my files the other day and noticed that my prognosis says "fair". there is "excellent", "good", "average&q...

Maclock, I have a question for you. When you changed your ortho, how did you handle the payments you were making to your original ortho? Of course if you were making monthly payments. I am considering switching to another ortho. I paid lab fees upfront and paying the rest as monthly payments. and i ...

That's so great that you are here and willing to answer questions. I got my upper linguals a month ago and lowers a week ago. And yes i do have a question. probably will have more as i spend more time looking at them in the mirror. Anyways, in the lower ones, i see white glue in between my front tee...

ladylee, is that for lingual braces or regular braces? never heard linguals being that inexpensive.

Hi Daveyboy, I was putting wax and it was coming off while eating. So each time it came off, i'd put some more just to help swallowing be less painful. So i went to my ortho yesterday. It was great that they could get me in the same day i called. I asked about those rubber things BlahBlah mentioned....

sorry for two topics..first one didn't seem to go through, so i created another one. but oops i guess it did.

I couldn't delete it, maybe the admin will.

Since I have been in pain for the last three days, i have searching for ANYTHING to remedy this. I came across a product called Rinsinol made by G.U.M. I bought it from a grocery store so it's not a prescription medicine. I used it only twice since i bought it today and it worked like a charm. It do...