Metal Mouth Message Board

Well at four months into my treatment I have given up on it. I figure if my mouth hasnt gotten used to the wires and brackets by now it never will. It hasnt mattered how much water, salt rinses, product changes I do. I have a small mouth and my brackets and wires just naturally press into my mouth. ...

I have used so much wax and now silcone I should have stock in the darn companies. :roll: About 4 weeks ago I learned how to apply silcone and now use only that if possible. I also buy the plain ear wax plugs someone on here suggested. Its way cheaper for the amount I use. I thought by now I would b...

PowerChain: aching, unpleasant, arduous, irritating, raw, sharp, sore, tender, throbbing, painful :( OR striking, vivid, intresting, rich, vibrant, picturesque, brave :lol: http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb295/rain43/MVC-008L.jpg I went to the Ortho at the beginning of November for my 2nd adjust...

Adult if you look for my post on the braces stories site, you will see my journey with smart clips. I have had them now for almost 3 months. I also go every 7-8 weeks, not for any reason then thats what my Ortho does. If not having colors worries you, dont worry, it will happen in the form of chains...

Thanks everyone, I tried to post on the weekend but the board would not let me. It was my dentist who said he was retiring but who knows. Bunny its funny you mention Dr Lee. When I was at my adjustment on Thursday, someone was talking to my Ortho about upcoming surgery with a Dr lee. May be the same...

Ok I had ruled out surgery totally after finding out two things. One the OS I went to see, will charge $12000 and he somehow expects me to pull it from my A$$. I had talked to some people at work who deal with insurance companies (I work in a hospital) and they all told me that my insurance would mo...

QKate, for a normal cleaning I only had a few sensitive spots, usually on the uppers. I never got novacaine. For deep cleaning and scaling, yes I would get froze and half a mouth at a time. This past cleaning I was sensitive in a lot of places but I cant really say If it was the bottom ones or not. ...

QKate, you need to find my story in the Braces Stories section to hear about my loose teeth. I am now about 3 weeks from my first adjustment. My teeth are still loose but no longer hurt. I have new teeth that get loose all the time. Some after a day or 2 are not loose anymore some are staying that w...

Shhhhh but now that I am home I am having some Seattle's Truffles. One for each of you this evening I think.

Rainy

Wow and I thought I had it bad. We need to have a chcoclate pity party together and forget about all the stress that goes along with making these decsions. We all know what is the best way to do things but other circumstances can interfere with those decsions. Feel free to come and vent be it good o...

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Rainy

Well thank you everyone. I have thought of nothing else for the past 2 days. The OS has given me scenarios. 1. Proceed with no surgery, with the Ortho straightening out my teeth as best as possible. OS says a very likely chance of a relapse as to make my bite ok, would mean flaring out my teeth alot...

Thank you Meryaten, and yes I do know where you are.

Rainy

I went and seen Dr James Reed on Tuesday. He has taught surgery at the U of W for about 5 years but recently stopped due to time. He works out of Swedish, doing surgery on Thursdays. He talked to me for a long time about what I can expect with or without surgery. I was upfront about the fact that mo...

As a Operating Room Nurse I am sworn to secrecy about the things said during surgeries

(let me reassure you any nurse would not let anything demeaning or harmful happen to her patient while undergoing surgery)

Rainy