Metal Mouth Message Board

Dearest Samoorelaw, I just want to tell you that I sympathesize with you. After everything you went through, even surgery, you don't deserve this. That is very good that you have an appointment with your ortho next week. I think he should help you for free, because he has to do a decent job. Your te...

Beautiful, congralulations!!!

Hello! What an AMAZING progress you have made! I can understand why your ortho thinks he can close your bite without surgery. My ortho always told me that open bites have a high relapse rate, whether they are closed surgically or with elastics. The method (surgical or elastics) doesn't matter so muc...

I completely agree with oimysizex. Your ortho deserves a great award!

Hello, That is great that you will be done by May! I hope the ortho can make your bite a bit more level. I think this is possible with elastics. And I was wondering, do you still have a crossbite or did your ortho managed already fixed this? I don't see a crossbite in your pictures, your teeth reall...

Yes, this is a really great result and how wonderful that this was achieved without surgery!
Your ortho must be very competent!

Your teeth look great. Maybe they can make your bite a bit more level with the elastics and then you are done!

Your smile looks very beautiful!

WOW, very beautiful. Congratulations!!! To me your teeth do look perfect!

Hello! First of all, congrutulations on your debanding, your smile looks very beautiful!!! I also have an essix retainer (only for my uppers) and only need to wear it at night. For me this works. I even don't wear them every night (about 5 nights a week) and my retainers still fit well, so I think i...

Hello, I am very sorry that you are still not happy, Leon, that the genio did even make your lip incompetence worse.... As far as I understand a genio can help lip incompetence if you have lip incompetence due to a receding chin (like I have). But when you have a gummy smile or so, you need upper ja...

Thank you all!

Hello Jaime,

I am sorry to hear that you still have all these problems with your teeth, but fortunately all your problems will be fixed with the surgery. And for now, you have made very great progress with the braces already! I wish you very good luck on your journey, I keep following your progress!

Your teeth look so beautiful, congratulations!!! If I were you, I wouldn't do anything, but do what makes you happy!

Hello Jaime, What an AMAZING progress you have made!!! I am so happy for you! And how great that your overjet has reduced so much already without surgery! I hope you will have a good talk with your surgeon, and then see what is best for you: still having the surgery or skipping the surgery..... It i...

WOW, you have a hollywood smile now. Congratulations!!!!