Metal Mouth Message Board

Just got home from my appt. The one bottom tooth that was behind the others is no longer behind. There was a bracket with just a hole for the wire to go thru on that tooth as there was no room for the regular bracket. They removed it and put in a bracket like the others and put in a new wire. The to...

Hi Mark. I'm also Mark. I'm 55 and got braces on feb. 26. Mine are all metal self ligating and I have never tried to hide that I have them. I have yet to get a negative comment about them. I checked into braces MANY years ago and was told I needed 4 extractions so i decided not to do it. I checked a...

I am at 3 months with Damon's and have had no trouble or complaints. I recommend them to others. Hope your braces journey goes as well as mine has so far.

Just a quick update. Most of the time I don't even know I have braces on. The only issue is eating as it still feels like my front teeth are lose so I can't bite anything with them. It makes it real interesting at meal time, mostly lunches as I'm out and about everyday and not always easy to find so...

I don't try to hide the fact I'm wearing braces at all so for me if I had to wear headgear I would certianly do it.

My dad did the perfect instant smile thing many years ago. He had his teeth pulled and got dentures. He often told me it was something he always regretted, along with the tattoo. And I hope my 9 month smile looks as good as your 7 day smile. I do like photoshop so I guess it could be. As usual, a ve...

Hi. I was told I needed 4 teeth pulled at my first consult years ago. I decided not to do it as I didn't want to pull 4 good teeth. I'm glad I waited. With advances in orthodontics they can many times do it with out pulling teeth. The Ortho I chose showed me pictures of people that had extractions a...

I'll be 57. I'll really miss them. Did I sound convincing? Only 17-23 months to go. 1st adjustment will be April 26.

I have 6 crowns but no bands, they did some sort of treatment on them before putting the brackets on. They put some horrible tasting stuff on them for 3 minutes then the brackets. He told me they don't stick as well to crowns as teeth so I have been very carefull to not knock them off, so far so goo...

Congrats on the decision to get braced. I checked on it when I was about 37 and decided not to do it then as i didn't want to pull 4 good teeth. Now I'm 55 and with advances made over the years I don't need teeth pulled and have braces for almost 3 weeks now. When they were first put on I thought oh...

Hi Michael. Most of the time I don't even feel I have braces on. At times I can feel some pressure at different point in my mouth but no pain. My front teeth still feel lose which makes it hard to eat but great for the diet. So far I'm very happy with the Damon system. I am sssstill talking a little...

I love reading your stories. I was braced a few days after you and also have Damon Braces. I read where you said they don't do bend backs with damon's and I'm not sure thats so as my wires are bent at the back brackets, they don't just stick straight back. It could be slightly different treatments o...

Well I was in the office at work today, I'm an elevator mechanic and rarely in the office, and finally someone asked if I had braces. He didn't see them, it was because of my speach. S's are still difficult. I keep reading other stories and wonder why they are in pain and I wasn't. I think maybe it'...

Day 6 and all is well. My nephew's 4 year old likes to look at the braces, he thinks their cool. Here I am before braces. http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w74/bsblguy/pics012.jpg And here as I arrived to get them on. [/img] http://i173.photobucket.com/albums/w74/bsblguy/pics014.jpg And here with a...

Day 4 is here and still no pain or soreness, are these things working? I do feel like 1 tooth is loose. So far everyone that has noticed the braces has said they thought it was great. No negative comments at all. I told one women I know about this site as she wants braces and has a 12 year old girl ...