Metal Mouth Message Board

I stopped counting, but if I had to guess, I've lost about 10. Three came off the day after I had braces put on. Luckily I haven't had any come off in the last 6 months (i'm 9 months in) except for the one i cause to come off by jarring the tooth. There have been a few times when the ortho used so m...

I tried filing down the end of my archwire with a very rough nail file and ended up breaking off the last bracket. Now I am left with a big ole piece of wire flinging around in my mouth. Does anyone know if not having this bracket attached to the last tooth will impact my treatment or cause adverse ...

Why *do* the brackets keep coming off then? It's been exactly one week since I was braced and already I've had to have 3 brackets replaced. I've been eating mostly soft foods and even Ensure for breakfast all week. This is so frustrating.

I have a Maryland bridge and it is not bracketed, but the brackets on the teeth on each side of the bridge keep coming off because they have no support from the non-bracketed bridge tooth. Is it possible to bracket a Maryland bridge tooth? If not, why?

I just got braced on Friday morning and to my surprise, as I was brushing my teeth Sunday night I noticed that one of the brackets was totally unglued. I went to the ortho this morning to have it put back on only to learn that TWO OTHER brackets had came undone as well. I am 34 yo and had braces as ...