Metal Mouth Message Board

thanks for all the advice! water definitely helped, and the filing gave me some relief as well. But most of all, I think I needed time. Now I tend to forget that I have them in at all.... yay!

Let me add a follow up... so when I first started the aligners, I too was "good", but six weeks in, and I have already begun eating and drinking with these things in. I've even chomped on those fresh roasted nuts you get from street vendors in nyc... so far my aligners are looking fine. I ...

A little over a week with this tray (#2), and I've noticed that the underside of my tongue and the inside of my lip is blistered and raw...!

is this common? its making me miserable, but i don't think I can make it to the dentist for quite a bit.

I'm on tray two of 11 (bottom). In the first week, I kept my tray in for 23-22 hours a day. By week two, however, they were much looser, and I stopped worrying about them. Last weekend I had them out for an hour or two at a time... so 18-19 hours with them in on average. This worked fine, b/c the tr...

hmm.... I'm thinking I'm only going to be able to go so long being "good" before I start sneaking in soft snacks as well. I also have a substantial habit of drinking green tea and milk throughout the day. What do people think about sipping these drinks (luke warm or colder of course) with ...

I'm on day 2 of my first set of aligners... and I'm already noticing that this is a bigger deal than I expected. I am grazer... I rarely eat a substantial meal and instead much on tiny mini meals all day. I get low blood pressure/ blood sugar if I don't. What's a girl to do? Should I just keep tryin...