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So far they’ve been fine. No serious pain, no serious pressure feeling. The band is attached from third molar to my canine. I was told 24/7 wear and to only take off when brushing. I’ve already snacked a bit with the band in and it wasn’t bad. Hopefully it stays that way! I remember reading about th...

Hello all, so today I had an emergency appointment to fix my lower molar bracket that popped off. Since my next adjustment was scheduled for November 20th, my ortho decided to move up my adjustment (2nd adj) to today. I was fitted up with a stronger archwire (016) on my both my upper and bottoms. A ...

$4900, I have Cigna that takes care of $1500. Next year will be switching to Delta Dental who will handle $3000 (can’t wait for that!)

Oh gosh that isn’t very good now. I do not have any crowns so I’m sorry that’s not addressing your issue. While looking at the bracket the bonding cement is still attached to it and it literally looks like the bracket slid right off my tooth! It looks weird to see my molar without a bracket attached...

Was told 18-20 months. Wishing it’s a whole lot quicker.

I got braces 7 weeks ago, I’m currently 31 (will be 32 in 5 weeks).

Hello all, this is my first post! I’m currently 7 weeks in treatment with ceramic braces. Sadly today my back bracket popped right off my molar. Has that happened to you?