jessicabouchard

If the wire is still in front of your tooth, your tooth will not be actively moving by the archwire, but it also will not be affected too much. Give your ortho's office a call and leave a message. We usually don't fix broken brackets between appointments, which can be two or three months apart, with minimal affect and no delay in the overall treatment.

Listerine will not break a bracket. Listerine is a mouthwash and if it was to damage a bracket, then you'd not have any teeth left. Brackets break due to many reasons and mostly due to something the person is doing, but not necessarily intentional.

Chewing gum should not affect brackets ... but I guess the way you chew could affect the bracket. Chewing hard objects is usually the worst ... like the ends of pens and pencils.

Good luck with the progress that is happening ... even though you can't see it!

Hi thanks. I was more wondering if listerine would melt or affect the glue who hold brackets

Hey Jessica, I use Listerine on and off and only had one bracket snap off once. It was on the back left side and I'd been having nut clusters so that was entirely my fault. I called the office and they said not to worry and they'd fix it during the next visit. That was about a year ago and I've had no issues (or nut clusters) since

Hi ANY, you just remind me that last week I ate sunflower seeds (but the one with no shells) it might be related....mmmh Ill avoid seeds I guess!!

But the arch wire still there, just the bracket gone !! Ill be carefull till next appointement I guess! Merry xmast everyone! Im off for vacations! xxx