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The eaten bracket caused no problems, thank God. I was a little freaked out but my ortho said it happens. I guess there are a few of us out there. I put a lot of wax on the poking wire until I was able to get an appointment. I was terrified to brush my teeth so that I would not bend the wire and be ...

I cannot believe this actually happened. After all the speech problems and re-considering linguals all together, a bracket has fallen off today and I've eaten it. It was the one on the very back molar and now there is just a 1 cm wire sticking out from the second-last-molar to where the bracket used...

Thanks to both of you for replying and words of encouragement. I have researched this now and came across a scientific study from 2005 published in Journal of Orthodontics where 27% of lingual patients had severe speech impairment when they got the braces, and at 90 days 23% still had speech disturb...

Hello, everyone. I've been lurking on this board for a while and sincerely hope for advice from people who've been there. Please, help, as I'm about ready to throw in the towel. I got my linguals 3 weeks ago (both top and bottom) and speaking is very difficult. The fundamental problem is that the br...