How many brackets have fallen off during your treatment?

[Ashybear]

None, thankfully thought I would have had some fall off by now, but no

[Anna5]

I am having my braces for two days now and one bracket has already fallen off....

[isthistaken]

2.5 weeks and all's well. My ortho must be in shock that I haven't called yet with a loose bracket with 25% crowns.

[klobird]

Zero lost brackets--nooo, I would rather swallow elastic hooks and elastics--way toooo many!! I'm surprised I don't have a perforated colon!!

[anxiousgirl]

ive only ever had 2 come off, one not being my fault and came off hours after i got them on.
sometimes they just randomly come off i guess. my friends have never had one come off though

[eyetech]

I'm almost at 1 year mark-day after Memorial Day-and no broken brackets! (Knock on wood!)

[ks1990]

3 months in and I lost my first bracket today. I yawned and I guess the stress if the elastic that was on it was too great and it came flying out.

[Jjlin24]

One in the last 7 months

[Jerseygirl]

None - but when he was making an adjustment a bracket came loose on two occasions and he just cemented it back on.

[giraffington]

Mine have been on for 3 weeks and a bracket came loose from one of my molars maybe 3-4 days after they were put on. It stayed attached to the wire but I could slide it back and forth. It definitely wasn't my fault because I was still eating yogurt and soup and generally being very delicate with my teeth because of all the pain.

I went to the ortho and she popped it back on. I haven't had any problems since and though it was simple to fix I hope it doesn't happen again.

[Lia77]

None! And I am getting them off in 2 days...might try my hardest to get one to pop off in the meantime for the lulz nahhh!

[BraceFace2o1o]

31 months in braces and not one bracket has ever fallen off.

[AM21]

23 months in and haven't had any brackets fall off.

[safetysquirrel]

Just one, and it came off while the ortho assistant was shutting the doors on my brackets after a wire change.

She had just been explaining to me that these wires would put a lot more tension on my teeth and to expect to feel some pain with this... And pop went the bracket!

[Aerynia]

I've had my braces just over a year and never lost a bracket!

However, my molar buildups have broken a few times - not due to me eating anything bad though, they've just...broken. Oh and my lingual button on lower back molar has fallen off once.