Metal Mouth Message Board

Wow it's so ironic that I have almost all the exact same products sitting at home in my bathroom. Isn't that satin floss the best?? I haven't used anything else since discovering it. My friend said her dentist actually gives that stuff to her for free at the end of each adjustment! Should have gone...

Hey Martin, Yeah I guess I'm doing okay right now but I really don't like my dentist and I'm kinda depressed about not going for a few more consults. I've talked to a few people in my area who have had braces before and they're all like "Oh you should have gone to my ortho...he was GREAT!"...

Hey guys thanks for the tips :D I think i will contact him...the only reason I haven't so far is that I'm kind of afraid of him! I'm REALLY regretting now not getting my braces from an ortho. I got them from my regular family dentist and I'm starting to hate the guy :? He doesn't give me time to ask...

Hi Martin! Well I've been following your story on the board and I just watched your video diaries today because I finally got my speakers fixed! I find your experiences very comforting as I've been through all of it almost at the same time as you (we're both newbies! I got mine on about a month befo...

So I've been braced for 53 days. I had my first adjustment a few weeks ago and it was AWFUL. I expected to be sore for a few days after the adjustment, but even now 3 weeks later I am still in a lot of pain. I wake up everyday with a new tooth hurting...yesterday it was my top left canine, today its...

Well I really want to thank everyone who has posted back to me! The support is really appreciated! kittymeow84 and Miss Smiley: Thanks for the encouragement! It hasn't been a picnic so far but at least the delays are over and they are ON!! Debanding seems like light years away....I can see a little ...

Hey there! Well first of all, let's just say that teeth suck don't they? They are expensive and troublesome in my opinion! I haven't ever had a root canal, so I can't know exactly where you are coming from, but I do understand the worries that come before getting your whole orthodontic process going...

Well hi there! Congrats on the braces! I'm so jealous you have clear ones on the top row...mine are all metal and I hate 'em! My dentist didn't even give me a choice over metal/clear ones. Anyway, I attempted to watch your video diary just to discover my speakers are broken! Hopefully I will get the...

first adjustment...worst...experience...ever.

I think they try to see how much pressure they can put on your teeth without breaking them.

This will be the first update since getting my braces on. Things have been going okay, no major problems I guess but I'm still quite uncomfortable in my metal. I haven't really noticed a change over the last 5 weeks and that is terribly disappointing! After reading all the horror stories on here, I'...

I really thought I'd have more negative comments about my braces....but really nothing so far. The worst yet has been when a buddy asked what I could and could not eat, so I replied with "anything hard or crunchy...like potato chips." and he started laughing and asked me to repeat the word...

Well it's been almost a month now since I first got my braces on and I have my first adjustment on March 10. I have been examining my teeth very closely every day to see if I notice a change...and I didn't notice anything until a couple days ago....but the change isn't in any of my crooked teeth! On...

Hi Brandon! I had to laugh at your hate of spacers....I was the same way. My dentist got the top and bottom right, and top left in, but he broke like 10 spacers when it came to my lower left cause my teeth were so tight. So he left the other spacers in for about a week, and when it came time to put ...

Well I have been advised to start a braces story....so here it is as follows! The first time I really noticed my crooked teeth was in the 7th grade, the time when all my classmates were starting to get braces. I call them 'classmates' rather than 'friends' because, well, they weren't my friends real...

Hi guys! Well, I'm sure my questions have already been answered on here before but I did try a search and there are just so many posts it was overwhelming! So here they are: Just how important is it to cut sugar out of your diet? I have a HUGE sweet tooth (actually i think all of my teeth are sweet ...