Metal Mouth Message Board

Yup, mine are sore too. :( Feels like the top one is about to fall out! While we're on the topic, what are these elastics supposed to be doing? My ortho has my elastics from 6 on the bottom to 3 on the top (canines) on both sides, and he did the same for my daughter. I'm trying to figure out where t...

My ortho bonded all my brackets at once, including one on a little tooth shoved way behind the others that couldn't be wired yet. Now that it is wired, the little bracket couldn't stand the strain of pulling the tooth forward and popped off after about six weeks and he had to bond it again anyway......

I carry lip balm with me everywhere I go (I like the blue Blistex with extra moisture, it feels slick). Problem is, with the braces I can't rub my lips together like I used to (you know, the way you "kiss" your lips together when you put on lipstick?) so I always feel like I'm wearing too ...

I've been on elastics for three days and they're driving me nuts. I can handle the friction on my cheeks and the skin getting caught in them, but every time I put them on I get a wicked headache in the back of my head and my neck feels so stiff I can barely move it. I guess this is because my jaw is...

Two of my children and I are going through this together. I'm having a much worse time of it than they are. Children are resilient. I'm old.

I think I've swallowed about a pound of Orthosil since I started this process. I don't know what I'd do without it. My orthodontist gives me two or three packages at each visit because he knows I go through it fast. I don't know how anyone does the braces thing without wax!

I can't get over how uncomfortable and downright painful this whole experience has been. I'm 42 and I've been OK with my crooked teeth my whole life, they don't bother me much, but hubby felt the time had come to fix them; we found a good orthodontist for our kids and we had the money. So why not? I...

Braces hurt a lot more than I ever expected them to. I've had mine for four months and I haven't had a pain-free day the entire time. The appointments are killer and the days afterward excruciating. I had my most recent tightening a week ago and brushing my teeth is agony because I push on them when...

My mouth gets all torn up after adjustments because the orthodontist people tear it up! They push and pull and prod all over the place to get their tools in there and don't seem to realize that there are nerves and flesh in the way. I have a huge sore on my cheek as we speak from getting pinched.

Heck, I've been cracking sunflower seeds for a month now...no worries.

Of course I'm an expert with those things. That's my special addiction!

Almost got the darn thing off yesterday... The doctor had written that they were to take the spring out and engage the tooth that was behind the other teeth (that they were trying to make space for), so the assistant did what he wrote. It hurt like heck when she pushed on the canine that has been do...

With my older daughter's orthodontist, they apparently couldn't communicate. The doctor told her she was nearly ready to have the braces removed and he wanted to see her in two weeks, and when I went to the desk they made a six week appointment. The same thing happened after the next appointment. Fo...

Let's just say my mom and my brother have almost no relationship. They live hundreds of miles apart and see each other every four or five years and always fight when they do. My brother is bitter about a lot of things, as am I apparently... ;) The best thing about the braces situation is that the st...

My daughter had no problems with TMJ before her braces, but since she got her teeth straightened (she's had her braces off for two years) she's had a lot of popping. The dentist won't really give her a straight answer on whether this is a problem or not. I think she's too timid to really ask and I'm...

My daughter (13) has been in Damons for six months and she's had elastics for the past two months, and yes, she uses the little hooks. I was surprised that they got to the elastic stage so quickly, but he says she's making really good progress. She'll probably get her braces off way before I get min...