Spacers on One Side?

[calypsojunky]

Hi everyone!

I've had my uppers for about a month now, but when i got my lower teeth bracketed last week, the bracket on my second premolar popped off as I was eating. When i went back today, instead of rebracketing that tooth as I was expecting, the orthodontist's assistant placed in spacers for banding, but just on that one tooth.
I was wondering if anyone else had that done, and if that puts pressure on teeth unevenly with negative results. I'm already feeling more soreness on that side of my mouth.
Thanks so much!

[Attagirl2]

Hi Calypsojunky. My orthodontist did the same thing. As my brackets popped off my gold crowns (twice each for the first three) he would band them. They were all done at different times. I saw no difference after the initial tightness. The soreness is because of the spacers. Once they are out and the band in, things will settle down just like the other side.

[princesspenelope]

That's what happening to me too. I had three brackets popped off in the first four and half weeks since getting them (first one fell off the about 12 hours after I got them, I wasn't even't doing anything to the teeth, just looking at them in front of the mirror; the other two fell when I was asleep). I had my first adjustment yesterday (at 8 weeks), and the ortho has decided to put bands on the three molars (two on left, one on right), instead of putting the brackets back on.

[jzaboo]

I had a bracket pop off on one of my front teeth while I was asleep the first day, too. My ortho is on vacation, so the tech just took it off and I have an appoinment on the 10th. I never even considered he would band it, yikes! He just had it on too low, IMHO, it obviously hit the lower one, and I pointed it out as soon as they wired it. I've never had a cavity on this, and it's not too far out of position, I sure hope he doesn't band it, that was the whole point of getting the clear ones on top.