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Hi!!
I'll be getting my top braces in exactly one week. I had my records appt. in January, but had to wait until spring break in March to get them on, because of being away at school.

I have one question. The ortho said that they would be bonding all the brackets, which means no spacers and bands!! I was just wondering if a bracket could be directly bonded to a tooth that has a filling in it?
I've only had one cavity in my life. It won't really matter until I get my bottom braces on in May because the filling is in one of my molars on the bottom.

Thanks.

I am getting my full set next Thursday also! yay for us! I also have only had one cavity! What coincidences! I can't answer any of your questions, but I had to point these out!

Good luck to us!!!!

cleozar2007 wrote:I have one question. The ortho said that they would be bonding all the brackets, which means no spacers and bands!! I was just wondering if a bracket could be directly bonded to a tooth that has a filling in it?
I've only had one cavity in my life. It won't really matter until I get my bottom braces on in May because the filling is in one of my molars on the bottom.Thanks.

Congrats to both of you for getting braces soon

As for yuor question, yes it is possible to get a bracket directly bonded onto a tooth with a filling. I have had no spacers or bands either...we're lucky

Good luck and let us know how it goes

Hi cleozar2007 - good luck for next week!

It might not be a problem for you, but the cold weather really drys out my skin and the lip-spreader that they used to hold your mouth open during the braces fitting made my lower face all red and flakey in places So, LOTS of moisturiser, unless you are blessed with good skin!

Geri

My ortho put my brackets directly onto my fillings/filled teeth. She used some sort of special chemical on those teeth before bonding however. I didn't really ask more and everything seems fine now.

do u all know what determines whether the ortho uses all brackets vs. spacers?

Thanks for answers. The ortho never mentioned anything about the filling so I didn't know if he even noticed it.
I can't wait until next week. After reading all the stuff on this site, I've become really excited about starting my treatment.
I'm still not sure if I'll start out with colored ligs or not. I'm thinking I'll just start with silver at first. After seeing all the pics with different lig colors, I'm anxious to try some out myself, like the 2 different shades of blue or green. Those looked really good.
I hope everything goes good for you too joygoss. That is really wierd with the coincidences between us!