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Stupid brackets.

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hanabee
, 08-11-2010 at 01:30 AM (379 Views)
So, everything was going great until today at work, I bit down onto a mint on the right side and one of my brackets came right off.
My wires don't go right to the back of my teeth just yet so now I have a bracket hanging off a piece of wire, and there's like a stopper on the end of the wire so the bracket won't come off.
Can't say I was expecting something like this to happen so I don't really know what to do, so I guess I'll just leave it. There's nothing I can do as it's almost midnight so I guess I'll have to make an appointment tomorrow. I was feeling really positive about all of this (the whole braces thing) until this happened. Now I feel like I'm always going to paranoid I'll break something when I eat.
Sorry about my complaining and negative-ness, I had a terrible day at work and I didn't want to have to worry about making an extra dentist appointment. Oh dear.
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  1. Sunny's Avatar
    Hanabee sorry that this has happened, but it's very common so please get over it and don't worry about it.

    Give your ortho a call and they might tell you how to best get the bracket off and they'll sort it at your next appointment. The archwire is still working on all the other teeth and the tooth the bracket has come off will quickly catch up ... so it's most unlikely to affect your progress. Your ortho will tell you what they prefer to do ... so give them a call.

    Biting on hard food can cause brackets to pop off ... it's not the brackets fault, but the fault of the way you're biting on hard food. I eat mostly raw food and can eat the same types of raw food for months on end, then due to me biting too far to one side or catching something even harder ... a bracket can come loose. It doesn't happen often ... but it can happen.

    Plus there's no need to be paranoid, as sometimes people bite into food they're sure is going to be ok ... and clunk ... they hit something hard!

    Hopefully you won't need to make an extra appointment and hopefully your work will be loads better tomorrow!