Metal Mouth Message Board

How's it going? You should be able to eat ok by now. Hang in there. You will get very used to the whole process. Just passing 14 months with about another 16 to go, but already I know this is so worth it, and I got used to it all real fast.

chef will be perfectly happy not to have you flicking your bracket scum all over the bathroom mirror. However, the first full mouth bite of a crisp apple better not be in front of me! (or I'll ask Gov. Palin to send me moose kidneys to stew up fer ya!)

As a chef I am grateful that braces do not change the taste of food. However, how you chew and move food around your mouth etc is affected by braces and that can affect the way you taste. You will adjust, especially if you are not afraid to show a little metal. But if you are always keeping your mou...

not that I know anything, but it looks like he has had braces and didn't wear his retainer. it also looks like he had some sort of jaw aligning with a herbst appliance (I've been paying some attention at the ortho office)

you will get used to whatever they shove in there. the saltwater rinse is so important to oral health.

extra gear is not so much to deal with crooked teeth but to anchor molars and influence jaw and bite issues.

my ortho, who is board certified, debunked all the myths. You can chew gum (sugarless, ADA aproved like trident or orbit) you can eat popcorn (careful, no unpoped kernals and clean well), yes take Ibuprofen, etc etc.

I see a lot of bad mouths in professional kitchens and from our providers (but not in sales, there you see the perfect smiles.) However, there is one truck driver/delivery guy with braces. I admit now to always having wanted a great smile and being afraid. It's nothing to fear. It's great and I'm go...

24-30 months, 11 months done as of last week.

not worth worrying about hiding. no one cares.

not there yet

The more you smile, the more you exercise your smile. It's that simple.

Not so much pain as sensitivity.

For whatever reason, I got a TPA and adjusted right away. Obviously different appliances up there on the roof of the mouth work and feel a bit different, and people are individuals so no two adjust the same way. But in general it's a day to a week to 10 days and all should be "normal." As ...

not a problem...swim!

Can you sue them? Of course. Will you win a settlement? No, not without written documentation.