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I was/am super worried about metal because of the makeup of metal braces (I have a nickel allergy). I recently found out all braces have 8% nickel in them....
Lorion11 wrote:I was/am super worried about metal because of the makeup of metal braces (I have a nickel allergy). I recently found out all braces have 8% nickel in them....
Oh my gosh, i forgot about that. A friends sister didn't know she was allergic to nickel until after her braces were on and ended up in the emergency room. Had to have them removed. What kind of brackets did you get with your allergy?
