Metal Mouth Message Board

You are a hoot! I'm sorry you're getting gappy again but your humor and positive attitude about the whole thing is amazing.

Girl, mine too. I have a big gash where one of my upper brackets is hitting. :( Thank goodness for wax. How's everything else going? It's not fun hey!.. my boyfriend keeps trying to kiss me and I have to tell him I cant cause my lips are too sore haha. so embarrassing. Things are going pretty good,...

Steph30 wrote:My braces started to rip up my mouth today, I thought I was getting away with not needing wax. ... I wonder why all of the sudden

Girl, mine too. I have a big gash where one of my upper brackets is hitting. Thank goodness for wax. How's everything else going?

Holy smokes! Sounds like your first experience was a disaster. I can't imagine going through a traumatic experience like that and taking a chance again, but it sounds like your ortho is great. Here's to a better time this go around.

atrixa wrote:Yes, great colours!

Steph30 wrote:I love your colour choices!

Thank you! I let each one of my kids pick a color as long as they went well together.

And finally... Braced.

Side views

Bottom teeth

The top teeth...

Steph30 wrote:I'd Love to see pictures

Here's a before.

Hey guys!! Just wanted to give you an update. So, I was in miserable pain and went to the orthodontist last week and I guess I was the one creating the pain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So, i got a couple canker sores, and stupid me thought it would be a good idea to get rid of them, so i put hydrogen p...

In regards to cleaning a bite plate, I would call your ortho's office just to be sure, but I use denture cleaner for my mouth guard. I imagine it would work for a bite plate as well. But make sure you call first and get the okay. Glad things to be going well for you. :thumbsup: That's what I was th...

I am a newbie. I just got top and bottom metal braces and a removable upper bite plate on 3/9. I would like to know the best way to clean a bite plate if anyone has experience with this. It looks like it's turning yellow where I bite down on it. I have an overbite and tend to grind my teeth while I...

Hi Steph30, Your bite plate is probably there mainly to correct a deep bite rather than protect brackets. The idea is that the bite plate keeps your molars apart and the molars have space to extrude spontaneously, thus correcting your deep bite. If you do not wear the bite plate consistently this m...

My 12 year old son got his expander and top braces on August 9, and I got mine on March 9. I figured if I had to take him to appointments every few weeks I might as well go ahead and knock mine out. My 10-year-old daughter also have a consult the same day I had mine. The ortho wants to wait another ...