Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi Buffy, just saw the Dublin reference in another post, not too many of us Irish here. Shouldn't be too hard to guess where I am from if you look at my avatar :lol: I've just read down through your journey, difficult start but all seems to be going great now. Pics are fantastic, you can really see ...

Chris1960: I was in your neck of the woods a few months ago and a lady working in JC Penneys in The Loop got all excited when she saw that I had braces too. She was lovely and we had a chat for a few minutes. Buffy: I'll be in Dublin Tue & Wed of next week, so if you happen to be around O'Connel...

I didn't even notice the dots until I uploaded photos I took onto computer (about 2 months after getting braced). It was only when I saw the braces on the computer screen that I noticed as they were so big on screen. I had to go to mirror then to examine braces. At first I couldn't see them & th...

I drink way too much tea which is even worse than coffee. I use whitening toothpaste and rinse now and have cut down on the tea but my teeth still stain, albeit more slowly than before. Nothing can beat a proper cleaning by the hygienist, it's like a new set of teeth :lol: Have a professional clean ...

skintz wrote:Ooo, i don't know if i could floss AND surf! I have to do it in a mirror otherwise i don't think i'd do it properly...

Have a cheapy small mirror on stand beside PC. Well they do say we females can multi-task

Mine were like that for the first few weeks but then they settled a bit and touched again. It was a really weird feeling. Then 2 days ago I got elastics and now my bite is gone all weird again. They touch a bit but it's all wrong and on one side the bottom canine is touching the inside of top canine...

My hygienist advised me to use Tepe brushes but in addition to flossing not instead of. She told me to get a few different sizes and then try between teeth using them wherever they would fit. She did shove them in a bit alright where I thought they wouldn't really go, but not literally between all t...

! Where you from cat? is that short for catherine or just some username, as much as i like referring to peeps usernames i prefer first names, makes me think that real people rather than secretive computer users :) Hey by posting on my story youve inadvertently become my brace buddy, and for the nex...

I've just had an entertaining few minutes reading your story. You should write a book! You are right though, what can you do but laugh. Sounds like you are doing pretty OK, bloody gums 'n' all. The worst part is definitely over, well done. March 11th is just around the corner. You mentioned hating y...

OK, pain might be overstating it a little, from reading other posts I know that lots of people are in real "I could nearly cry" pain. It wasn't that bad, I could have managed without the ibuprofen but seeing as I managed 9 months so far without needing them I figured one wasn't going to hu...

Had my 6th adjustment today. At my last adjustment I got springs (closing loops) on both upper sides where I had premolar extractions. This visit ortho told me he was "activating" the springs and then I heard him say to assistant that he would give me penguins. Now I was sure I had totally...

I go through phases with the Tepe brushes too. I used to use 3 different sizes and also flossing every single night. Now I do a full routine about every 3rd night and the other nights use the little brushes only on the areas where I know I need extra care (I know from using disclosing tablets, it's ...

Will I feel self-conscious the entire time and not want to smile? Will they hurt a lot? Will I look completely stupid for two years? . I'm 40 too and now 9 months with braces. I deal with the public all day in my job and also give presentations, have meetings etc, etc. My upper teeth were very crow...

The flossing is really where you can tell in the first weeks. It took me about 7 weeks to physically see a difference in the mirror, it was quite odd really. I was looking in that mirror for weeks and not really seeing any difference and yet one morning I looked and they seemed to have moved overnig...

Hi folks! Just popping in to upload 2 photos from my last adjustment on 23 Jan. The hot pink, I still prefer the darker rose pink and a picture showing the spring/closing loop to start closing my gaps. The gap shown is on the left and is not as big as the gap on the right (same premolar removed on e...