Wire or bracket sticking into my tongue-help!

[Noellenoelle]

I have a wire or bracket sticking into my tongue all the way in the back on the left side. When I called the ortho he said it was because my teeth had moved, so I am going in tomorrow to get it snipped off. Did this happen to anyone else? And every time the teeth move, is this going to happen?? I am so uncomfortable and I cut my tongue so bad it was bleeding and now there is a big sore on it What else besides wax can I put on the brackets and wire, since it keeps breaking through???

[lionfish]

Yeah, it happened to me, mostly within 24 hours of an adjustment. Sugar free gum sounds good.

[saps]

It happened to me during the initial 4-6 months of treatment. Wax and Orajel were my best friends.....

[saps]

...and now I have a wire doing the same thing to me. Ah...the troubles we go through for straight teeth. Hope yours is fixed!!!

[Noellenoelle]

Hi Saps-Well...I went to my ortho and he was on vacation, so the emergency dentist drilled down the bracket a little, but it still is really bothering me..I have a huge canker sore now from it, and if I don't have wax on it, it just kills!! Is your wire on the top or bottom? Mine is the lower left bottom-did you get it fixed yet? I hope you can before the long Labor Day week-end
I must say, I have only had these on for 5 weeks and if this is what I am in for, I really don't know if I can take it! I have been so depressed and the thought of getting the top ones on, I can't even comprehend....

[Noellenoelle]

Hi Saps-Well...I went to my ortho and he was on vacation, so the emergency dentist drilled down the bracket a little, but it still is really bothering me..I have a huge canker sore now from it, and if I don't have wax on it, it just kills!! Is your wire on the top or bottom? Mine is the lower left bottom-did you get it fixed yet? I hope you can before the long Labor Day week-end
I must say, I have only had these on for 5 weeks and if this is what I am in for, I really don't know if I can take it! I have been so depressed and the thought of getting the top ones on, I can't even comprehend....

[lingualslady]

Tops ones are easier than bottoms...

[saps]

Noellenoelle,
I was able to get mine fixed but, like you, I know have to wait for the sore to heal. I was very much like you during the first weeks. I was depressed, didn't think I'd be able to put up with them, and kicking myself for making a "bad decision". For me, and I believe most people, it did get better and the time went by. I hope when you see your ortho, he's able to make it better for you. One thing that helped me is after every adjustment before I got out of the chair I ran my tongue over everything and if there was something in the least bit pokey asked them to do something about it. As you've noticed something a little pokey can cause a sore on the tongue and then it seems VERY pokey.

Good luck!!!

[billybob]

Sugar-free gum can be useful for this - the wires don't poke through it as easily.

Isn't gum and linguals a bad idea? Sure that was on the list of "no-no"s my ortho gave me??

I've only just had uppers put on, and nothing's moved yet, so don't think i need to worry about bits of wire poking through, but if that did happen, i think i'd be popping round to get it removed straight away. When i had braces when i was 14, i think i remember bits of wire poking into the side of my mouth at certain points and it being extremely uncomfortable, but i didn't think to do anything about it, and just suffered in (relative) silence. For the amount i'm paying this time, i won't be so shy in asking to have any pokey wires trimmed pronto!