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My brace fell apart!
ok, yesterday i was kind of grinding my teeth and heard a crunch. but when i looked in the mirror everythign was fine. this morning however, whilst brushing my teeth i noticed soemthing wiggling.
one of the brackets of my brace had fallen off and is just being held on by the wire that goes across! now what the hell am i spose to do? i was gna call my orthodontist up but i been at work all day. and omg its strange its so painful now!
im thinking im gonna call up first thign tomorrow morning and see what they say, but im scared theyre gonna say i havent been taking care of it! its not even been 2 weeks that i've had it on!
is this a common thing?
one of the brackets of my brace had fallen off and is just being held on by the wire that goes across! now what the hell am i spose to do? i was gna call my orthodontist up but i been at work all day. and omg its strange its so painful now!
im thinking im gonna call up first thign tomorrow morning and see what they say, but im scared theyre gonna say i havent been taking care of it! its not even been 2 weeks that i've had it on!
is this a common thing?
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Anonymous
ok, yesterday i was kind of grinding my teeth and heard a crunch. but when i looked in the mirror everythign was fine. this morning however, whilst brushing my teeth i noticed soemthing wiggling.
one of the brackets of my brace had fallen off and is just being held on by the wire that goes across! now what the hell am i spose to do? i was gna call my orthodontist up but i been at work all day. and omg its strange its so painful now!
im thinking im gonna call up first thign tomorrow morning and see what they say, but im scared theyre gonna say i havent been taking care of it! its not even been 2 weeks that i've had it on!
is this a common thing?
one of the brackets of my brace had fallen off and is just being held on by the wire that goes across! now what the hell am i spose to do? i was gna call my orthodontist up but i been at work all day. and omg its strange its so painful now!
im thinking im gonna call up first thign tomorrow morning and see what they say, but im scared theyre gonna say i havent been taking care of it! its not even been 2 weeks that i've had it on!
is this a common thing?
Ring your orthodontist, get an emergency appointment - you'll get a *******ing but other than that you'll be grand
Edit: yeah sometimes the glue can not set properly if that was the case (only 2 weeks on like) never worry you won't get a *******ing but yeah just ring ASAP
I had the things at the front pop off once or twice, they won't blame you
i cant speak from experience, but if a brace falles apart after 2 weeks, i'd say it was shoddy workmanship! they cant say you havnt been looking afterthem, unless you've been chewing on a brick!
The same thing happened to me the first day I had my brace on. Two of the brackets popped off. Just call your orthodontist as soon as you can to get an appointment arranged. I wouldn't worry about it - I believe it's quite common, so they won't mind as long as you contact them soon =P.
- Jeff
- Jeff
I had that, you need to phone the orthadontist to tell him so he can get the equipment out put it back on, but you wont have an 'emergency apointment' it will be next time you are scheduled to visit him.
Dont sweat. It is no big deal at all. They will just stick it back on, and maybe even change the wire so it isnt pulling as hard on the bracket. I am always going back to the orthodontist to get stuff changed. Its pretty hard to do any damage to it yourself anyway..........relax.....................
[Posting as anon so I dont break a bet with someone!!]
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That happened to me and I called up my orthadontist and they said I could come in straight away so they could sort it out. I didn't get told off.
ahh thanks everyone.
my next appointment is october the 16th so cant wait til then. i foudn soem guideline things they gave me which says if anything breaks then not to wait til the next appointment and ring the secretary persons number which they provided.
thansk again everyone. put my mind at ease
my next appointment is october the 16th so cant wait til then. i foudn soem guideline things they gave me which says if anything breaks then not to wait til the next appointment and ring the secretary persons number which they provided.
thansk again everyone. put my mind at ease
Don't worry about it!
I was eating a sweet and broke one of the bits of mine, I rang up the next day and got an appointment at 9.00 he just cut off the bit that had broke and said next time he'll just add the new one on.
It wasn't on one of the wonky teeth though just on the back tooth so not a major problem.
I was eating a sweet and broke one of the bits of mine, I rang up the next day and got an appointment at 9.00 he just cut off the bit that had broke and said next time he'll just add the new one on.
It wasn't on one of the wonky teeth though just on the back tooth so not a major problem.
Pav27
What's all this talk of emergency appointments...I was told if it's just one that's come off to wait till my next normally scheduled appointment to get it reattached O_o.
It depends if it's actually fell off or whether it's still connected to the wire but isn't stuck to the tooth if you know what I mean, if it's still attatched to the wire then it'll need cutting off.
Don Vito Corleone
It depends if it's actually fell off or whether it's still connected to the wire but isn't stuck to the tooth if you know what I mean, if it's still attatched to the wire then it'll need cutting off.
Each time it happened to me the brackets were, infact, still on the wire. I guess my orthodontist was just a tit.
Pav27
When I had braces, one of the bracket type things came off on at least 3 seperate occasions, once about 2 hours after the orthodontist has reattached it. Incompetent ****e didn't believe me.
mines still attached to the wire. they can't just leave it hanging there! its on a wonky tooth aswel, and im actually in agony!
gonna have to ring up first thing. my orthodontist is quite nice and always has been, so hopefully she'll be ok about this, fingers crossed
gonna have to ring up first thing. my orthodontist is quite nice and always has been, so hopefully she'll be ok about this, fingers crossed
Anonymous
mines still attached to the wire. they can't just leave it hanging there! its on a wonky tooth aswel, and im actually in agony!
gonna have to ring up first thing. my orthodontist is quite nice and always has been, so hopefully she'll be ok about this, fingers crossed
gonna have to ring up first thing. my orthodontist is quite nice and always has been, so hopefully she'll be ok about this, fingers crossed
Min was fine about it, just cut the broken bit off, took about two minutes and he just said see you at your normal appointment.
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