Braces Help!!!!!!?!


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Braces Help!!!!!!?

I have had braces for about 3 weeks. I was eating a cookie and one of the bridges on my bottom teeth went loose. I didn't notice it until it popped off my tooth and just dangled on the wire. I've put it back on the tooth, but it is still loose. Did it come out because of eating something too hard or is it just because of the glue? Should I just wait until my next orthodontist appointment which is at the end of the month, or call and schedule one for earlier?


Answers:

The bracket popped off because you bit on something hard and because of the way you bit on it. With braces you can eat some hard things as long as you are very careful how you chew.

You should call your orthodontist on monday and tell them you had a bracket fall off. Most likely they will want you to come in that day and glue it back on. Braces depend on constant pressure to move teeth and when there is no bracket on, then that tooth is not experiencing any pressure and therefore is not moving into the correct spot.

Going a month without a bracket on that tooth will mean that your orthodontist can't do what he wants to do at the next appointment and that could end up meaning you have to have your braces on for one month longer at the end. If it were me I'd get the bracket fixed.




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