EEK!! lots of blood while brushing

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#31 Post by strugglebuggy »

I freaked out the other day because when I went to brush in the morning, my toothbrush was bright red. Serious bleeding. I was due to go in for an adjustment that morning, too. Anyway, a couple of months prior to this, I had been having some soreness around my molar band and the ortho then told me it was food. (I floss a couple of times a day, so I doubted it.) Anyway, it still hurt until this week and Monday the bleeding started. It turned out that all this time, my molar band was loose and every time I bit down, it would dig into my gums. Thus the irritation and the foul taste in my mouth. (Probably had food under the band where I couldn't get to it.) They fixed the band and my gums are recovering. FINALLY.
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