Metal Mouth Message Board

Hi Folks, Just wondered what the score is with getting x-rays before starting treatment? What do the x-rays tell the ortho? Would treatment alter depending on what was seen in the x-rays? Reason i ask is that i am pregnant at the moment but want to make the most of the pregnancy hormone which will h...

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Good on you doing it now, something i shouldve done at your age.

Anyways, good luck.. i'm sure you'll have no regrets.

PS, i'm not due to actually get my braces til monday

I'm hoping that the braces will be a bit of a diet aid for me.. same as having my jaws wired lol.... although i'd imagine i'd end up liquidising things so i can still eat it

I'd say go for it , age makes no difference.

thanks gramma2xander, I haven't had any dreams about my teeth since i first seen about getting my teeth fixed.. before that though often had dreams about stuff being stuck to my back teeth.. stuff a bit like the impression moulding stuff!

Anyway, thanks for the reassuring reply x

Hi Folks, Don't really know what has taken me to take the plunge at 37 to get my teeth straightened but i took the bull by the horns and am getting tops done on monday then the bottoms a couple of weeks later! They are mildly overcrowded and therefore crooked. My teeth have bothered me for a long ti...