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Hi everyone,

I'm new to braces, and got ceramic upper and lowers fitted about one month ago. My first adjustment is still three weeks away but after eating my dinner this evening I noticed that the back wire on my last but one molar had broken out of the bracket and was above it near my gum. I managed to move the wire back down to the bracket but it won't click into place exactly, I dont know if it needs an elastic as I can't really tell how the other side is connected because they are clear!

Anyway I was wondering if this meant that my entire top set of braces would not work properly now since this wire has come loose? It doesn't hurt at all but I don't want it to delay the process/stop the others from moving.

Also is it normal to have to wait 7 weeks between the fitting and first adjustment? I feel like that's an age as the ortho only said it would take 12 months for the full treatment but so far I've seen no sign of movement.

Thanks!

Call your ortho and stop in. It'll take them just a minute to fix. You are plenty early in your treatment most likely that you won't see any setback if it's a day or 2. Slap some wax on it if it's stabbing you. Good luck.

Thanks for replying! I managed to get an emergency appointment today and the ortho said that one of the elastic ligs had come off hence why I couldn't pop the wire back in fully. She took about 20 seconds to fix it and for a few minutes after the teeth around it felt tight again but now everything feels like normal.

Hoping to see some improvement soon!