An issue post braces

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#1 Post by **kirjax** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:37 am

okay so can't get in to see my hygentist until end of the month although they put me on the cancellation list.

Well ever since braces I always take note to how my teeth look. I'm practically obsessed with looking/cleaning them. Well the other night I took out my retainers and began to brush my teeth and floss when I noticed this brown spot on my molar. Of course I freaked out thinking, "omg this can't be a huge cavity I would of noticed this!" So of course I got my dental mirror and I'm tryingto look but I couldn't tell what it is. I figured there is no way my ortho wouldn't have seen this as he polished my molar or that a cavity could appear just like that (and big) over one night!

Well it dawned on me. I have the Hawley retaner and the clip part that goes on the back molar lays on that molar and right where the clip is is where the discolorin of the tooth is. Could it be that the retainer is kinda like rusting the molar??? Should I be concerned??

#2 Post by **ohmyjaw** » Sun Mar 01, 2009 7:05 pm

I don't know if it's possible for a retainer to "rust" a tooth... at least I have never heard of such a thing. I have had brown stains appear on my teeth that are not cavities, just de-mineralization. Maybe it could be that?

#3 Post by **kirjax** » Fri Mar 06, 2009 9:16 pm

okay so I was getting worried and so I called my dentist and told them it was important so they saw me the next day. I got a cleaning and I did all this worrying for nothing....my teeth and gums are fine! The mark on my tooth is a stain (possbly from the retainer or something else). They couldn't remove it but it's on the last molar so you can't see it. He said they will just keep an eye on it at each visit.

So that's a huge weight lifted off my shoulders. After almost 2 years in braces I really wasn't sure if there would be damage after having the braces off but thankfully I was cavity free! And that's great news considering I am also insurance free!

#4 Post by **invertigofreak** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 5:35 am

OMG thats scary. cause I have a brown mark on my far back molar aswell! I hadn't noticed it until about 2 weeks ago. I tried getting it off with tooth picks, etc... but it won't budge. Mum thinks its a filling... but i dunno. its odd. I've never noticed it before so I don't know

#5 Post by **sirwired** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:42 am

I had rust-colored marks on my front teeth after nearly a decade of retainer wear. After the retainer broke (and I didn't get it replaced), I mentioned it to my dentist and he set me up for tooth whitening. Just a short time with the prescription whitening setup (trays and gel), and the marks disappeared.

SirWired

#6 Post by **kirjax** » Sat Mar 07, 2009 1:11 pm

yeah this mark is fairly brown and about the size of a ball point pen near my gumline.
It literally appeared about 2 days after wearing the retainer. My dentist isn't sure it's the retainer but really if it is there isn't much I can do. He just said, "make sure you wear that retainer!" lol

So I'll keep an eye on all my teeth as I normally do since I'm pretty obsessed with looking in there! I also have a really small mark on my front tooth but it's so small and so light that you can only see it if you literally were up in my grill

#7 Post by **Jaycee uk** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:41 am

I also made an urgent visit to the denstist recently.. When i was looking at some pics I had taken of my progress, I could see what looked like a huge cavity between my last 2 molars.

My densist ran some xrays and said there is no cavity and that it's just staining plus a bit of shadowing from the metal brackets I have on my molars so hopefulyl it'll go once the brace comes off and I have a hygienist clean