Anyone experience a situation like this with their braces?
Posted: Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:45 pm
I just got my lowers braced this morning, but when I tried to floss between my central incisors and between my central incisor and lateral incisor, I couldn't get the floss through to the gums. I noticed a clear-like substance between the gaps. I thought that this was the excess glue/adhesive the ortho used to adhere the brackets. It is quite hard. Btw, my front lowers are very crowded so the brackets on some of the front lowers are pretty flush with the tooth next to it.
I decided to call my ortho and tell him about the flossing incident and that there was excess glue that managed to get between some of my lowers. He assured me that it was sealant and NOT glue. He said not to worry and that he needed the sealant to strengthen the brackets’ position on some of the teeth. It seemed like it he meant to have it there. I left it at that.
Then I began thinking that this hard, clear sealant would prevent the individual lower front teeth from moving separately because some of them are “stuck’ together.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Am I paranoid that my lowers won’t straighten out because they are “stuckâ€
I decided to call my ortho and tell him about the flossing incident and that there was excess glue that managed to get between some of my lowers. He assured me that it was sealant and NOT glue. He said not to worry and that he needed the sealant to strengthen the brackets’ position on some of the teeth. It seemed like it he meant to have it there. I left it at that.
Then I began thinking that this hard, clear sealant would prevent the individual lower front teeth from moving separately because some of them are “stuck’ together.
Has anyone else experienced this?
Am I paranoid that my lowers won’t straighten out because they are “stuckâ€
