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As far as having your wires pop out, I haven't had that problem. My ortho places a tiny ball of glue on the tip of each wire so the wire can't pop out. You might ask your ortho to do the same.
I'm curious about this ball of glue. Is it really glue, or some other kind of plasticky substance? And is the real purpose to protect the sharp ends ot the archwire?
I ask because I can't believe that my ortho leaves these sharp ends on the archwire without any protection. They dig into my cheeks and I have to keep wax on them permanently.
Epyx-your archwire really shouldn't extend past your last bracket. If it does tell your ortho so he can cut it. I have had Damon's for 19 months now and when my teeth move sometimes the archwire will start to poke me but I call the office and they have me come right in to have the wire cut. They don't want me to be in pain like that. Anyway, good luck to all of you with your treatment. Mine are coming off in 3 hours and 40 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I promise you KK, I've had the wires re-clipped twice since I first mentioned it on this board. It's just that on one side on the upper, it's like my cheek is "fat" on the inside and it's always in contact.
Maybe I'm unusual in this regard. But since I experience it, I just find it so weird that ortho's will leave such sharp pieces of metal exposed this way.
