Metal Mouth Message Board

I have a crown on my back molar (where the full band is). My crown popped off about a year into my treatment when the ortho was changing my wire. He said it isn't unheard of, but does not happen very often. I asked him if it was likely to happen again and he said there would be a small chance the da...

I have the same configuration as shoezy except mine are anchored on my incisor (not the front two teeth but the ones next to them). They are of course attached to the back molars on the bottom. My teeth are straight at this point but I have a slight overjet. My ortho said I will be in them for hopef...

If someone were to say to me 'Oh, you are better off without a shallow guy like that', I would not find that comforting. I would feel like I was being fed a line, being told what the other person thinks I want to hear. Why? Because I would still in that moment, still feeling those feelings. While t...

I'd honestly rethink the colors. I had the same problems with discoloration and the pearl, or even the dark grey (though that takes more abuse), but when I switched to light blue it made a huge difference! The blue does stain and change color slight, but it stays blue (not yellow)and regardless of t...

Do you have any gauze? When mine did something similar my first month in a retraction wire, I ran to the store and bought some gauze, stuck some in my cheek and left it there when I wasn't eating/sleeping and called my ortho first thing in the morning! It didn't take much, really. I know that the wa...

I didn't read his post that way. He said he saw a girl he thought was cute, but then he noticed her braces and it changed his perception. He did not say he suddenly found her repulsive or was flirting with her and stopped. He said he saw someone and had one impression, got a further look and changed...

Wow, why is everyone so ready to jump to the worst conclusions? It's almost as if no one is allowed to have a negative thought about braces, which to me is not only unhealthy but is unrealistic. I'm sure we've all disliked our braces at some point in time for various reasons. The first month or two ...

I've had the opposite experience really. I'm 30 and a single mother and I have had a lot of problems dating with braces. I'd possibly buy the attitude argument except after a few months of the braces I stopped feeling self conscious or caring what others thought, and have had fun with colors and lau...

I tried using the search engine, but could not find what I was looking for exactly. I got my braces put on in November. I had 4 teeth extracted (premolars) to make room. I was originally told to count on being in braces for 2 years, with the potential to get out sooner. My ortho does not like to mak...