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I've come to have a bit of a habit of fiddling with my teeth that have become loose with my tongue. Once they get 'clicky' where i can move them slightly, i can't stop messing with them.
Is this bad? Am i gonna wreck my treatment or can i carry on wobbling them?
Anyone else do this?
skintz-I think it has something to do with being fairly new to braces... I too am guilty of messing with my wobblers! As far as it being a bad thing, I hope someone else more experienced can tell us because I don't know the answer to that.
Its become a bit addictive, and sometimes i don't realise i'm doing it! It feels like it could be bad for treatment, like one day sometimes gonna see me do it and tell me off, like when i lost my baby teeth and was wobbling them with my tongue!
I have to stop myself doing this too. My tongue just seems to "go there" all on it's own! I don't think it will hurt, well as long as you don't do it too much!
I raised this with my ortho. As someone has stated above, your teeth will get stiffer when you have a thicker wire placed. But in the meantime id say stay away from fiddling with the wobbling teeth, you may force teeth in a direction they are not intended to go in, you may damage the wire, or worst case scenario you may put so much excess force on the teeth that you reduce i't's movement full stop. Remember, modern orthodontics is about putting less pressure on teeth, too much pressure can damage the root and cause it to stick where it is, this is why ortho's have gaps in adjustment times. This is to limit the pressure applied to teeth. Therefore, id stop wobbling them. Don't let this scare you, because everyone has a wobble now and then and no damage is caused, but don't make it a habit as it can lead to the negative.
I don't think it will hurt, well as long as you don't do it too much!
