What an awful situation. Braces are very bad! nickel, all of it is highly toxic and alongside mercury is a nightmare.

I wish there was some other way for you to have this done with non nickel braces.... but if he feels there is a real structural problem that is at least some of your problem, what else can you do?

i can only suggest to you to do what you can diet wise and be rigid about it and try and get your body into some positioin to gain some further strength and see if you improve.

It's all you have control over is the diet and supplements.

Do you have amalgams still in your teeth? Braces made me severely ill, I have to tell you that. I too have a narrow mouth/chin and you sound a lot like me, I have TMJ also.

Braces made no difference to me at all, and in fact made my health worse, but in your condition, it maybe different and the dentist may know what he's talking about, so I would never undermine him and what he's saying.

The problem is the galvanic activity between the metals in the mouth, plus your ongoing toxicity as well as this.

I had braces at age 15 and this is when my life changed for the worst and never came right. But I was not on a candida diet at that time, so I assume my body was not able to fight any of it and it was enough for it to succumb. I believe I must have already been ill, but didn't realise it until this final straw occured.

This is why I suggest the candida diet, and if you have amaglams, I suggest having them replaced so there is less galvanic activity with the braces. Though you will still have issues, which is why you'll need to be rigid with your diet to give your immune system all it needs to cope.

Many people have had or have braces, it is those of us who have problems with our immune system that get the over the top reactiosn and toxic issues. So you have to give your immunity every chance possible to cope with that if you decide to go through with it and get braces. Can you ask if there are one that are non metal or nickel free? To try and lessen this toxicity?