Metal Mouth Message Board

i always brush with open mouth and on top of the washbowl;
at least it goes in the washbowl this way

i empathize

I had (well, i still have but it has been worse) tmj problem and jaw muscles problems and it used to give me shoulder and neck muscle problems. There are greats chances that bite-problems and/or clenching can cause theses problems.

nickel alergies happends quite "often"
and braces containt a lot of nickel

you could make a try with some kind of nickel jewel, a ring for example
may be this is not allergie thought

in the waiting room may be ?


i read child magazines sometimes; there are plenty of interesting things in theses mags, like how cheese is manufactured

ellen wrote:I found this hilarious.

I would have too.
I like life so much because of theses kind of situations and the occasion to laugh associated

My ortho want to use ceramic but I'll ask her if she can use metal brackets instead. I can't figure why I prefer metal as I'm sure that I'll feel ugly with braces but ... I guess I'm just weird and/or I find ceramic brackets to be uglier. Hope I'll find other persons on this board who made such a de...

try food colorant may be

I don't know about you - but I don't have the time to play games or continue to make phone calls to an unprofessional office such as theirs. My opinion stands - based on how I have been treated. I won't pursue if further - and that is taking the high road in a mature fashion, and that is being adul...

But everything happens for a reason - the way they run their office is definitely not for me. Their friendliness initially - was obviously phony. I know so many people who live in this area, and I work for one of the top employers in the county where this practice is located. I will tell anyone and...

But everything happens for a reason - the way they run their office is definitely not for me. Their friendliness initially - was obviously phony. I know so many people who live in this area, and I work for one of the top employers in the county where this practice is located. I will tell anyone and...

Im in TMJ pre-treatement right now, hopefully it is near the end and ill get braces soon after that. After 2years or more about planning and thinking i learned patience but i want it to be done, just done; be with pain, tears or awckwardness, I just want to be able to look back at my braces period a...

Hello Maisey, i also have some kind of TMJ (the diagnostic word hasnt been mentionned but it goes on the TMJ way), actually i am wearing a splint to get a good jaw position, it helps a lot, really a lot and the doctor whom i work with is very good at her job and at the way she deal with her patients...

vjammiez wrote: Five minutes after they were glued on, my ortho was handed my camera and I took a few shots even before I looked in the mirror!

this is a great idea to kill (work on) the first impression phenomena
now i think about taking my camera the day ill be braced
thanks

difference between dental skeletal class is around here: (tell it if you need more explanations about what are class but may be you already know it) lets say you have a really small lower jaw and perfect aligned teeth, then you will be in class2 skeletal and class 2 dental (due to the effect of the ...

Might I suggest a technique that has worked very well for me? a technique ?! which game are you playing with your human relationships ? If you don't let it (visibly) bother you, it's less fun for them. so your advice is: lie to others, lie to yourself and with some luck people will stop to tease yo...