Metal Mouth Message Board

Welcome to having braces! You're going to do great!! I have all metal braces and they are ok - really! I know with the metal my correction will go faster so I'm all for that. and I have to laugh about you being Ugly Betty! I just love her! Take your advil tonight so it will help you tomorrow!! Pebbles

Thanks Gurl ! I'll try to figure out how to take good photos of my braces and get them posted. I still haven't taken the time to get all my photos out of my camera from my vacation. Braced32 -- I too was once very anxious over flying. I'd only flown 7 times in my life. Then 9-11-01 happened. I decid...

Hi Braced32,

How are you today? I read your whole story and think you are doing great!! Oral surgery is so hard to recover from.

Seems you are now about 10 days until you get your lower brackets and bite plate. You are on your way to a beautiful smile!!

Pebbles

Hi, B --- Your teeth look great! Nice and white and blend in so well with your brackets! I can't tell that you drink coffee. You are good with a camera too! and in the one photo, I can see the hooks, right up on your lip... like if you smile, your lip could get caught up on it ... OUCH !! I feel sor...

Thank Ya'll !! Today I removed the 6 Ice brackets and replaced them with the Damon 3mx -- so all my brackets are the same. I am very happy with them. They are very small, smooth and easy to clean. I am confident that having them will have my brace time reduced ! yes, it's really not the comfort .......

I totally agree.... because of how they look, I got Damon 3mx on all my teeth, except the front top 6, which I got Clear Ice. In 2 weeks, I knew those 6 were a mistake. They are much larger than the others, they tore up the inside of my top lip, while all the others were doing fine.... but I continu...

Hi Everyone ! I'm back from my vacation. It was a wonderful time. There were 26 in our tour group. I was able to eat pretty much anything I wanted. Just cut everything into very small pieces and chewed very slowly. Only down side - I came home with a cold/flu. Coughing, sneezing, hoarse voice, etc.....

Hi Ken, I found your story!! and congrats on the healthy gums ! and sorry to hear you'll be getting more gear in your mouth! but it won't take long for the gaps to close, you were there once and they will go right back ! The new appliance sounds terrible. I went today to my Ortho and he is not going...

Thank you for sharing your story! I'm 49 and just got my braces on Jan 9th. Such a small world, I'm going Saturday to Scotland and London. I'll be back in 2 weeks. I have Damon brackets except for my front 6, which are Ice. I had Molar Build ups in the back and a Bite Turbo in the front -- until the...

:lol: You have made me smile!! My total cost to my Orthodontist is $5,000 ... $1000 down and the rest as $200 per month. and that's not counting the time off from work, gasoline to his office, wax, floride rinse, etc.... I can't believe how we are thinking alike, because I thought, "hell, $1000...

Thank you for sharing this. I think with everything we are going through with having braces, the least we can do is not have painful brushing or teeth that hurt when they don't have to.

Well, I'm 3 days from going to Scotland and London. I'll be back in 2 weeks. I went today to my Ortho and he is not going to replace my Bite Turbo that fell off... he said that my bite has changed enough these past 3 weeks that my teeth are now clear of hitting the brackets!! I admitted that at nigh...

Wow, you got a new wire and now hurting again! OUCH !! Take your Advil for a few days. I went today to my ortho and he is not going to replace my Bite Turbo that fell off... he said that my bite has changed enough these past 3 weeks that my teeth are now clear of hitting the brackets!! He said he wi...

Hi Ken, Yes, Austin in the 70s was great. I was in school then, but loved it enough, I stayed, went to UT and found work here so I wouldn't have to move. I'm flying to the UK, Scotland for a 5 day bus tour, 2 nights in Edinburgh and 2 nights in London, going to the Chinese New Year celebration on Su...

I have only had my braces 2 weeks but thought I'd chime in... I got the Damon self-ligating brackets on all my teeth, except the top front 6 which are Inspire Ice, clear brackets. They don't stain and I use a wire ligature to hold the arch wire on. So far I am very happy. The Damon brackets are very...