Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi, Dani1983, and welcome to Archwired! Congratulations on deciding to get braced. The time to end of month will soon pass... It is a really good idea to take pics as you go along so you can track your progress. Once the braces are on you'll soon start to see changes. Yr teeth are already a really n...

hi, Ken/againbraced, How are the braces, and the cars? Wonder how the weather's been yr way this winter? Much colder than usual here (a few days of snow and the buses didn't run for a day back in Jan, 1st time since WW2 apparently) but now the daffodils are out and it looks like spring! I've had br...

Hi, Woodsrider, and welcome to Archwired! Yea, there are more of us females here.. Anyway, know what you mean about embarrassing. If you click on www below here you can see how embarrassed I was at first! But you just get used to the braces and then it is fine. Also, I've found that nobody notices ...

Hi, and welcome to archwired! This is a really good site to come to for advice and support. It sounds like you have already been through a lot with your teeth and braces and I really do feel for you. Although I'm not in your position as I am hugely older my own experience might help - when I got my ...

Hi, PatJ, Thank you for the comment on my teeth. As for the IPR, it didn't hurt at all. My ortho just told me to rinse with fluoride mouthwash each night for 10 days until the enamel had re-formed (but that was no prob as I do the mouth wash anyway). I'd been a bit nervous of the IPR as I thought I'...

Hi, XXNECRAXX, Thank you for your comment on my teeth. I've been pleased with the progress, too, but it is so nice to get other people's views. I haven't posted for a while, either, and since then I have had IPR on my 2 front teeth. That has brought them together a lot more. This has narrowed the 2...

Congratulations on deciding to get braces! You will find this is one of the best decisions you have ever made. It is good that you have support from your girlfriend and brothers. Keep us posted on your progress and on your Brace Day in May. As Catfish says, this is a great site for information on br...

Congratulations on your great progress - you must be so happy!

Congratulations on getting braced and on your progress so far! It sounds like you have a lot of movement, which is really good.. Getting a power chain on seems a good sign of progress, too (at least it was months and months before I got one..). I say horray for us late starters with TinselTim, tho' ...

Hi Eureka, Congratulations on deciding to get braces! Like you I was nervous and excited before getting braced. You'll soon get used to the braces and you'll really enjoy seeing how your teeth change (and that starts to happen quite quickly for most people). I'm 56, by the way. Good luck on your Br...

Hi, Athy, Jill52, HHB, DebbieI, SusieR, Just thought i would post again as I haven't for such a while.. It is great to have a group of 'older' braced people here - braces on adults of any age are a rare sight here in the uk... SusieR and DebbieI: Good luck with your braces journey (ies)! It is such...

Hi, Athy Great to hear from you and so glad you are still enjoying your braces - I actually really like mine, too, and wonder if I will be dissapointed when they eventually come off! I've been to India, too, 'bout 4 years ago, and it was amazing... I want to see Slumdog Millionaire, too... apparentl...

Hi, Brenda, welcome to Archwired! Have a good braceday on Friday! It will be really good to be started on the braces journey. It is good, too, that you will have support on the day, although going by my experience you will just be so pleased (and kind of relieved) that they are on! I'm always intrig...

Hi, Ken I was sorry to hear about your job, even tho you have gone voluntarily. These are bad times, aren't they? One of my sons is out of work and the other hasn't got a permanent job - there is just so much less out there than there was a few months ago... Anyway, thank you for your comments on m...

Hi, Stayc1803 and Ken: thanks for the comments. It is so good to get feedback on how things are going... It is amazing that power chains can work so fast. I didn't know anything about them till my ortho put mine on.. Not sure about the colours, though, Ken, as I have to talk the whole time in my jo...