Molar bands touching

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#1 Post by **Smiley77** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:34 am

Argh! I HATE it!!! This is the worst thing about braces, give me ten canker sores anyday!

BOTH sides of molars bands are literally metal to metal, it feels like I have bitten into a fork. Does everyone just have to put up with it? I can't bite or chew with my front teeth, so everytime I eat I invariably end up smashing my bands together and YOW I hate it! LOL

Tell me it changes, that my ortho might change it, or that you all put up with it so to quit my whining!

#2 Post by **ziggyziggy** » Tue Sep 12, 2006 6:43 am

i feel the same way. except all my teeth in the front touch also when i bite. i have to fake an underbite just to chew

so my teeth dont hit.

#3 Post by **Smiley77** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:02 am

So no one else has this?

I did ask and she said that it will move, but she (the assistant) didn't really let me finish my question and kinda cut me off. I don't want to ask again, but I really don't know if it will move or they just didn't push them down far enough.

#4 Post by **jennielee81** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 4:38 am

I had this exact thing when I first got braced. I was sure they'd done something wrong...

I hate to tell you, but I did just have to wait it out. It took almost 4 months for those teeth to move to their right spot and the brackets have never smashed together since.

I also want to tell you that after about a month, it bothered me less and less. It was always a little annoying, but it wasn't awful any more. I managed to eat enough to gain 3 ugly pounds.

Good luck to you!! Try to be patient, though I know how hard it is when you're brackets are banging together, and it will all pass and soon it will be a distant memory.

#5 Post by **Smiley77** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:04 am

Thank you so much Jennilee!

I am patient enough to wait, I just didn't want to sit like a dope and wait for it to move when they aren't going to! LOL

Well, that is a load off. One down, hopefully only three to go

Thanks again!

#6 Post by **Smiley77** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:04 am

Thank you so much Jennilee!

I am patient enough to wait, I just didn't want to sit like a dope and wait for it to move when they aren't going to! LOL

Well, that is a load off. One down, hopefully only three to go

Thanks again!

#7 Post by **Smiley77** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 5:04 am

Thank you so much Jennilee!

I am patient enough to wait, I just didn't want to sit like a dope and wait for it to move when they aren't going to! LOL

Well, that is a load off. One down, hopefully only three to go

Thanks again!