smelling after bands taken off

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pilotgurl
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smelling after bands taken off

#1 Post by pilotgurl »

Why does it taste so bad and smell when they take your molar bands off? Is it because you didn't brush well enough right before they got put on? did yours smell? lol
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Lisa65
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#2 Post by Lisa65 »

It wouldn't be down to not brushing properly beforehand. Bacteria wouldn't survive under bands for months and months if they were properly sealed off from the outside world!

Chances are that there was a small chink between band and tooth which wasn't properly filled in with glue when the bands were put on, or some stuff might have got under the gumline and not been flossed out effectively.
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SandraJones
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#3 Post by SandraJones »

It could also be the cement. It probably reacts a bit to all of the food and toothpaste it comes in contact with. I know this isn't a perfect analogy, but if you've ever renovated an old house and drilled into plaster you know that it STINKS !!!! I'm sure it doesn't stink that bad when it's first put up, and nothing is really wrong with it, it just develops this horrific stink after a while. :-)
Nov 1960: born
1973 ?: palate expander
1973-1977: braces
Aug 1981: Le Fort I, posterior impaction to correct anterior open bite and class II malocclusion
Aug 2007: braces again to correct various alignment issues and class II malocclusion
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SandraJones
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#4 Post by SandraJones »

Does it go away ???? :-)
Nov 1960: born
1973 ?: palate expander
1973-1977: braces
Aug 1981: Le Fort I, posterior impaction to correct anterior open bite and class II malocclusion
Aug 2007: braces again to correct various alignment issues and class II malocclusion
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flipib05
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Location: Idaho

#5 Post by flipib05 »

Yeah mine really were stinky too. It was gross. I almost threw up. lol. But it soon went away.
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