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I only have braces on my lowers, and since I had them put on, my teeth (lowers) have darkened quite a bit. I'm thinking it's because they had to rough out the teeth to attach the brackets, and in so doing they took off a lot of enamel. Has anyone else had this problem? Other than giving up coffee (n...

Thanks everybody. All of these were just what I needed to hear. I have an appointment for next Thursday to get it reattached. I should quit worrying about becoming a pest. I think sometimes the cause is chewing meat (or whatever is a bit tough) because it causes a strain on the loose teeth, which mi...

I've been back to the orthdontists office once a week since I got them on three weeks ago. Once for an open gate on a bracket, once for a bracket that popped off the tooth, and now another bracket has come off a tooth (still held against the tooth by the wire in the gate, but able to slide back and ...