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Hey I been having a HUGE problem with braces, its ALWAYS the same proble too. Wires poking out of the back bcause the teeth are coming together more. I can't get up to the orthodontists office unless it's for an adjustment and everytime I do We fix it but a few days later it pokes out again. Is there a chance she'd give me Distal End Wire Cutters so I can cut the wires myself? I mean the things have a safety catch for the clipped off wires. I CANNOT keep going to the orthodontist everytime I have a pokey wire and that is quite often/ I've tried shifting the wire to the side. Her office tells me if the sliding of the don't work to just cut only the only thing I could think of to use is the Distal End Wire Cutters, I've tried mostly everything to cut wires and it does NOT work. You think she will give me a pair to use during my orthodontic journey?

No idea. Only way to find out is ask. Nothing ventured nothing earned.
Sorry they're poking you though, that's gotta be annoying and painful and all kinds of hell.

I doubt they would give you the wire cutters. Even though there's a safety catch on them, I've still had instances where the piece of wire fell into the back of my mouth and the technician had to fish it out.

Think of it this way: the fact that you keep getting wires poking out means your teeth are moving. That's a good thing! At some point that's going to slow down/stabilize and the pokey wires won't happen as frequently. For now I would just keep putting big gobs of wax on them and continue trying to get to your ortho's office to have them cut whenever possible.

Good luck!

BSS, are you sure it is a good idea to do that sort of thing yourself? I am sure you know about sterilizing from your studies and could do it safely, but I doubt your ortho would like the idea of any treatment without her or her office involved. Like me, when I upped my dose of Zoloft to deal with a worsening depressive episode, my psychiatrist said I did exactly what he would have prescribed, and then lectured me for not discussing it with him.

They are available on E-Bay from what I just saw. Be careful if you go that route.

Hey guys thanks for the responses
Yeah she probably would not give me them herself.
But yes I do highly agree that the pokeys are in a way a good thing because they mean that teeth are moving and rather fast. Despite hurting like hell I am kind of glad because it means they're moving.

She wouldnt mind I cut the wires, because I have had to call about that three times already and every time they said "If you can reach back there by all means do cut it so that you are not in any pain." Everytime I been to the office after I cut it the ortho was really shocked at such a good job I did of cutting it.

It's just I would feel more comfortable if I have to keep cutting the wire to use ACTUAL orthodontic pliars and not creepy unsanitized ones from the living room. you know what I mean? Anything to kep my mouth sterile. Amazon sells a thingy that comes with:
Distal end cutters
A dental mirror
Wax
A stick to get at the bent wires.

How far are you from your ortho to be doing stuff yourself? Berkshires to Boston? I kind of remember you saying 3 hours from another post. I think its awesome that you have the coordination and stability to do that yourself. Is that one of the reasons you are a surgery student? I have a hard time even getting in contacts, needing to steady my right hand by holding the wrist with my left hand. I think if I tried cutting something in my mouth like that it would wind up a painful bloody mess. Heck, I am a 30 year old with a masters of engineering, and my handwriting would fail even in kindergarden because of shakes and lack of coordination.... At least my boss can read it.

crooked rory wrote:How far are you from your ortho to be doing stuff yourself? Berkshires to Boston? I kind of remember you saying 3 hours from another post. I think its awesome that you have the coordination and stability to do that yourself. Is that one of the reasons you are a surgery student? I have a hard time even getting in contacts, needing to steady my right hand by holding the wrist with my left hand. I think if I tried cutting something in my mouth like that it would wind up a painful bloody mess. Heck, I am a 30 year old with a masters of engineering, and my handwriting would fail even in kindergarden because of shakes and lack of coordination.... At least my boss can read it.

Hey yeah I'm from New Bedford/Cape Cod to Boston MA which is three hours and thats going rt 9 not even through boston itself. Thanks Im am truly dedicated to doing my braces. I think a lot of things has to do with my wanting to be a surgeon. As a child I would read through anatomy books and biology textbooks. I coordinate well and have great hand functions but when I was younger my mom got sick and almost died and was in a coma, and some surgeon saved her life and I wasnt to be that surgeon to save some little child's mother. Haand coordination takes a lot and most surgeons are ambidexterous (uses both hands). A lot of people when they paint hold their wrists on tables. That's awesome that you went all the way to your masters. Awwwwwwwwh thats good doctors have messy handwriting but I make sure mine is really neat. Weirdly enough, my handwriting is exactly identical to my orthodontist's which we never realized until now.