Metal Mouth Message Board

The spacers will probably be the worst part! Good luck!

My bottom one is worse. For the first week I would take it out if I had to make a phone call. You'd be surprised how fast a month goes!

I have been in mine for two months. I have a splint in my bottom retainer which has made a a bit more difficult to learn to speak, but I don't even think about it anymore. Retainers are so much better than braces! I totally agree about the biting surface. My bite feels much more natural in my hawley...

Essix retainers can scratch or become cloudy, need to be replaced more often because they crack (and just don't last as long as a hawley), they cover your whole tooth, and make your teeth have a fake shine to them. I like the feel of my hawley much better, especially if I am not in a position to be ...

Well the expander is to correct a crossbite. Both of my girls wore reversed pull headgear, pallete expanders and braces across their front 8 teeth. My older daughter (who is now ten) is also getting a space maintainer on her bottom teeth. Both of their phase I treatments cost about $2,000 each, but ...

I have a hawley on my bottom and both for top. I like the hawley lots better then the essix. THe ortho said I could wear the essix during the day and Hawley at night, but I usually only wear the hawley because I like it so much better. It is a bit more of a challenge to talk with the hawley, but tha...

My midline is off (both top and bottom). I was very upset that the ortho said it would be hard to fix and still keep my bite. I thought it would always be on my mind, and I was very upset (I had to have two surgeries along with my braces). My bite is really good now. Honestly, my midline hasn't both...

I can't wait to see your after pics!

He probably is going to putt a flipper type teeth there.

My lower teeth hit the acrylic of my upper retainer, but it doesn't bother me. I have a splint in my lower and I hate that! Just got them today.

sauerkraut, I am very happy. I have a few teeth tat are slightly turned, and my one gray tooth IO need to fix, but I don't even care. I can bite and chew!!!!! Even if my jaw is half numb, it was worth everything! I can't wait to see your new smile!

Right now I have a temp (instant essix) on my top front teeth. TOmorrow I am getting both hawleys and essix retainers for top and bottom and also a bite splint. I guess since I ama special case he wants to be sure my teeth don't budge, lol. He may have said both for the top and an essix and splint f...

lilone, I am trying to post the before but I guess the file is too big. No sure how to do it. I can tell you they were really gross though, lol. They were extremely croweded, open bite, underbite, and crossbite.

I got them of today, and I am so happy! I don't like my "gray" tooth, but I will get it fixed as soon as I can.

Boy that one filling is going to drives me nuts until I get a white one in its place!!!!!