Metal Mouth Message Board

I got my braces off on a thursday and had to wait until monday or tuesday for my retainer. No joke, my teet hwere shifting after just two hours out of braces. I was freaking out, but its normal and once i got the retainer in, all went back to being great within hours. Your teeth will be fine. I know...

Hang in there! I know how you feel! The hardest part is knowing they can be coming off almost any day...You came this far already!

I don't think the kids care that you have braces...DO IT, GET THEM!

Getting braces was the best decision I made in a long time. I am so happy with the results! You will be, too!!

My "clear" ligs never stayed clear for more than 5 days. I also loved thai food, coffee, tea and I never lost my appetite while I was in braces. I would rinse and all that, in the hopes that they would stay clear, but it just never really worked. I went to greyish colored ones, or silver.....

My .02: Keep the metal. I had metal on bottom and ceramic on top. My ligs stained so much all the time that they looked worse than metal when they got all funky yellow! Also, towards the end of my treatment, the ortho was trying to get me to switch to metal to speed up the process. IF I did it all o...

I was also most pleased with people's reactions. It feels good when people give positive feedback like that, and it also makes you feel like it isn't a big deal.

When I got my braces off, I got even nicer reactions, so keep in mind that there will be even more exciting reactions!

First of all, retainers come out, and for most people, you can take them out for special events, and in many cases, you only need to wear them at night. Thinking about the hassle of braces-cleaning, flossing, rinsing, sores, pain, etc., It's a no brainer; The retainer is way better. Yes, the plastic...

I got my retainers on Monday, three days after I was debanded. My teeth had shifted over the weekend but I wore the retainer and after a day, they looked great again. BUT - The bottom retainer fits very nicely, like a jisaw puzzle piece. It seems to snap right in there nicely. However, the top retai...

Thanks for the replies! When I was at work, I ran into an orthodontist and he laughed and said not to worry because he sometimes doesn't have patients come back for retainers for two weeks.

I just had my braces taken off today and I was happy but now, about 9 hours later, a small (very small) gap has opened up. The ortho wanted to do my retainers today but I had to work. I go Monday and I'm trying not to stress out, because the retainer will move the teeth back, right? It might just be...

Let me ask ya, did you have them whitened yet? What were your teeth like after thaking them off-did they do much SPAM-SPAM-SPAM? Did you look at them just after thaking them off befor they touched up anything? I did not have them whitened. I was not expecting that they would look so white. Before b...

Thanks everyone for the compliments! Cawfee, my teeth were not straight when it all began. Maybe the first picture was a few months (not one) into braces - My top 4 teet where all uneven and crooked, but there was so much spacing between them, they must have straightened out quickly since there was ...

So today, I went to get my braces off. I have been so busy with other things that luckily, I didn't have much time to think about my impending debanding. (Total brace time was 21 months) I went in and the assistant said, "You must be so happy!" Of course I was! The whole process took about...

Great suggestions, guys!

Too bad you have an in-law that is so incredibly intolerable.

As a male, if you make a crack about him losing hair, that is a pretty low one, so MAKE sure you use that one if it applies. It will shut him up immediately.

I was told 18 months. I was hoping it would be earlier than that. I get mine off tomorrow, which will be 22.5 months.