Metal Mouth Message Board

I don't think I have seen another adult Male in braces during the 2.5 years I had them. I did find someone in the office with invisalign, but thats not real braces .

Even five months post braces, I still have not seen metal/ceramic on another guy.

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Yesterday marked 8 months in braces. I had my adjustment today. My wires were both increased, I think to the biggest wire and I had my molar build ups removed! For the first time in 8 months I can bite together properly

I have to go back in two weeks to get the brackets on my canines changed to ones with hooks. Elastics are coming, although I'm feeling pretty positive for some reason. Ortho said that everything was looking good and it was now just my bite to fix. The end is in sight (it might be far away but it's there!).
This photo I had to put in black and white as it just looked terrible in colour. I only have an arch shot from 3 months unfortunately, but look how far I've come since then.

Those results are incredible!

I got my elastics today

After all of the horror stories on here I was expecting them to be much worse that they are. I think they're relatively unnoticeable unless someone was staring at my teeth. I do feel like there is loads of pressure on my head though.

Do you get used to them or is it the same every time you change your bands?

Hello, I am on day 3 of Damon Braces! Very minimal soreness today.

[quote="27braces88"]I got my elastics today

After all of the horror stories on here I was expecting them to be much worse that they are. I think they're relatively unnoticeable unless someone was staring at my teeth. I do feel like there is loads of pressure on my head though.

Do you get used to them or is it the same every time you change your bands?[/quote]
Had elastics from the beginning (for class iii purposes). You definitely get use to it within a week. Occasionally you will feel pressure on the teeth that the rubber bands are attached to.

Munziez wrote:Had elastics from the beginning (for class iii purposes). You definitely get use to it within a week. Occasionally you will feel pressure on the teeth that the rubber bands are attached to.

Thanks! Yeah I'm definitely feeling much better now. Thursday and Friday were killer, probably the worst braces pain so far. On Saturday my boyfriend actually said "Let's list all of the things you talked about last night. 1. How much your teeth hurt 2. Errrrmmm." I took that as a hint to shut up about it.

Today marks 9 months in braces. I've been in elastics for two weeks and that's been absolutely fine. My bite has improved quite a bit since.

Here are some photos

I went for my adjustment yesterday and at the beginning pointed out all of the thing that I didn't like. My ortho is on top of it all and says everything will be evened out by the time either before my next appointment or after debarking. He said some of the issue are just the shape of my teeth so will make everything line up better/shape the teeth when I am debraced.

Before the end of the appointment I was going to ask how long he thinks I have left but before I could ask he said come back in four weeks and we will review taking them off!! He specifically said not that day but we can schedule it in, depending how everything looks.

My bite has improved significantly in the last month but he just wants to hold it in place for a bit longer to make sure that it doesn't just go back to how it was before.

But hopefully I'll be done by September, one month ahead of schedule!!!!

Excellent progress. It's amazing huh how a wire can change things.

I HAVE A DEBRACING DATE! 3 weeks from now on the 1st September, which will make my total time in braces exactly 11 months, almost to the hour.

At my appointment he's going to debrace then I'm going to pop next door to get a clean and back to the ortho for some bonding, shaping and retainer fitting. He also suggested today that we discuss whitening options, I think there will be a discount in there somewhere.

I'm getting two permanent retainers and two removable. I'm going to see how I get on with the permanent ones for a while, I've heard bad things so will get them removed if I don't like them.

Yay

Wow. How fantastic. Demanding in a few days. They look great. How long did you need to have elastics for altogether? I'm scared about them and they gave not been discussed as yet. Your teeth look so great. 11 months you lucky thing!

Lovelyteeth wrote:Wow. How fantastic. Demanding in a few days. They look great. How long did you need to have elastics for altogether? I'm scared about them and they gave not been discussed as yet. Your teeth look so great. 11 months you lucky thing!

Thank you. Just three days to go!! It's weird, it's been the longest 11 months of my life, probably because I've been clock watching so much but at the same time it's gone really quickly.

I only had elastics for two months in the end, and honestly they were absolutely fine. Hurt like hell for the first two days then I forgot all about them. So much so that sometimes I forgot to put them back in and didn't notice because of how little I was aware of them. You'll be fine!

Looking forward to seeing some pics once the bling is removed.

I'm so excited for you!! Your teeth are looking great Looking forward to seeing your brand new smile sans braces