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OK Folks, help me out!! I got my bottoms braced Tuesday, and since then, when I yawn or open my mouth wide, the bottom braces seem to tighten up. I have metal brackets, with two spaces where bicuspids were 2 weeks ago. Nothing fancy right now (ligs, no powerchains at the moment). It seems that if I open my mouth any wider (which I can do), I am going to pop my teeth out, or at least my brackets might pop off!
What is going on
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Ceramic Uppers 9/6/05; metal lowers 11/8/05
4 bicuspids removed 10/26/05
33 y.o. male whose parents couldn't afford braces as a teen---and YES, I TOO AM OBSESSED!!