Metal Mouth Message Board

Melissa I'm sorry to hear you are in so much pain. Perhaps your nerves are hurting because your teeth aren't quite ready for debanding yet, and are therefore putting resistance against the retainers trying to move around? I'm not sure, that's a complete guess! I bet you are looking forward to gettin...

Yesterday was my 6 month braces anniversary! I cannot believe it has been 6 months already! The time has absolutely flown. This means that I am 1/3 through my sentance, although I'm REALLY hoping for an earlier release date because I'm going overseas next year! :-V Thank you to the archwired communi...

I am exactly the same. Hopefully they get corrected soon. I have not had elastics yet. You can click on my "www" link to look at the photos. They are only really uneven towards the last couple of months.

Hey Arby, I've nearly reached my 6 month anniversary of having braces and not once have I been in much pain. Sometimes my teeth may feel sensitive when I bite into something tough, but there is rarely a moment where I'm just sitting down thinking "Ow my teeth hurt". And trust me, I've had ...

Dagwoman, your comment made me laugh! It was so nice. Thank you for the compliment :) Jenny , surprisingly I haven't really experienced any discomfort. For the first few days I couldn't do anything silly like bite into a tough peice of steak, but for the most part the powerchains have been fine! Me...

You look BEAUTIFUL! What a lovely transformation! Congratulations on the debanding! How inspiring.

Well Arby it's great you faced your fears of the dentist and went anyway! Braces definately beat having a lifetime of dentures! I'm also a 20 year old (nearly 21, woo!). I've had my braces for almost 6 months, and I'm not joking when I say time is flying by. They still feel new to me, which is a goo...

My new lig colours. Grey powerchain with light pink ligs on top! I didn't realise they would put ligs on top of the powerchain as I have never seen it before! I think its pretty nifty.

So 2 days ago I had another adjustment. I think this makes it number 4. It was the first day I had to wait in the waiting room (school holidays) but I only had to wait for about 20 minutes. And I didn't mind because there were 2 adorable brothers playing with eachother and they kept making me laugh ...

Thanks for putting the pic up! IBraces look so fancy and cool! How discreet will you be! Sounds fantastic. I'm so happy for you now that you seem to have found a great ortho office and treatment. And how excellent that you don't have to get your wisdom teeth pulled, AND don't need implants! So altho...

Hey Melissa. So sorry to hear about your old ortho not treating you right. But congrats on having a consult with another ortho! That really is great news. I'm sure you will find a new ortho no problem. Once you find a new one, hopefully everything will be smooth sailing. I'm not familiar with Ibrace...

CONGRATS! Teeth are looking fab! What's the purple stuff by the way?

Lisa, I hope you left that restaurant and went to another one right away! A strange person should never make a comment like that on your braces, especially when they are representing another company at work. I'm 20, and have been braced for 5 months, but haven't had any bad comments on my braces yet...

Congratulations! Your braces look cute! They really suit you. I'm looking forward to watching and reading your progress. Congrats on getting braced! And I know what you mean on how much of a relief it is to get your spacers out. Gosh those things are a pain!

I've had braces for nearly 5 months and I still manage to spit all over people! I'm a pretty bad mumbler too, but I think the mumbling was an issue before braces. The spitting I'm blaming on my braces LOL. You're teeth are a beautiful shape, and I can tell you're going to have a fabulous result. I'm...