i was eating some cereal and it knocked two brackets off my teeth, the wire has gone abit strange i have two brackets hanging off it and im in quite alot of pain on the bracket next to the two coming off, its a sunday so i cant get into the authodontist and they have had some work done so they have been un-available or a while but im going to phone up again tomorow.i feel like cutting off the wire because of the pain and to take the brackets off what should i do until then?
2007-06-02 22:03:00 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Dental
I would recommend not cutting the wire, use the emergency wax, call the after hours line. Follow procedures given to you during the time of banding.
Cutting the wire itself could be dangerous if it was done with the wrong instruments. Normally the orthodontist will fit you in as the first patient the next day to fix it and reappoint you to get them placed back if it was more than just simple.
Just eat carefully, slow is the keyword.
2007-06-03 15:09:08 · answer #1 · answered by V S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can cut the wire if you are in a lot of pain, they can always put a new one in. Just make sure that you bring the braces with you when you go in. Also let them know that you did cut the wire. Be careful with what you are eating so this doesn't happen again!!
2007-06-03 18:12:50 · answer #2 · answered by breecheeez19 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it's so painful that you need to cut the wire and get the brackets off, it's probably okay to do so as long as you get to the orthodontist first thing tomorrow. If your orthodontist isn't available, usually you can get another one in your area to help you out in the meantime, so long as it's something like merely reattaching the brackets and wire and it shouldn't cost you much.
Hope you feel better!
2007-06-02 22:09:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It happened alot of times with me .. the best thing is try to straight the wire so that the tension is reduced in the wire ..If you cant do that then its better to cut cause ur tooth is under alot of trauma and the wire cost is not that much as compared tothe damage to ur tooth and pain ... But I never cut my wire no matter how much the pain .. I straighten it
2007-06-03 00:07:29 · answer #4 · answered by Dr DiGiT 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't cut the wire!!! I use to knock brackets off all the time by eating all the stuff your not!!! lol!! Sorry to say bro just suck it up take 2 tylenol and 1 motrin for the pain and wait until your appt.
2007-06-02 22:08:09 · answer #5 · answered by yohonflinstone 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would recommend calling the after hours line for your orthodontist to find out if he's on call and then let him know what happened.
2007-06-02 22:12:11 · answer #6 · answered by sokokl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should get a special gel from a chemist and it will stop the pain.
2007-06-02 22:13:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋