Ceramic self ligating braces

[MelNZ]

Hi,
I have bad crowding of my bottom teeth (middle four overlap). I'm in NZ and have ceramic self ligating braces on top and bottom. The problem is 3 of the bottom brackets have broken. Two I didn't notice them break (I haven't eaten anything hard or on the 'forbidden' list, in fact I barely chew my food, just chop it up tiny and swallow, as chewing feels awful). The next one broke today when I was flossing and gently taking the floss out I felt it slightly touch the archwire, heard a ping and it flew off.
I will add that not all of the bottom teeth are in the archwire two that are more behind the other teeth are not in there yet. One that was slightly back was the one that broke today.
Has anyone else had this problem?
I read extensively before getting these brackets and every where I read said that they are strong, so for three to break in under my first two weeks of having them on is super frustrating. I'm annoyed at having to take time off work to keep going back.
I wanted ceramic on top and metal on the bottom, but they don't do that here in NZ. Well my ortho doesn't.
I feel like I've made a huge mistake. Or the orthodontist has! I haven't been rough or eaten forbidden things so I find this so frustrating!!
Has anyone else had this problem?

[Steph30]

Hi there, I have ceramic uppers and metal lowers and I know one of my more crooked teeth was hard to get in the wire.. the assistant actually made a comment about how she thought it would pop out. She ended up using a bit of wire to tie it in better incase it did pop off. I think it definitely can happen. Have you made an appt to see your ortho to get it fixed?

[Catpotat]

Hello from Australia I have ceramic self-ligating braces too and in the 9 months they've been on, only one bracket has popped off. It sounds very frustrating for you, I hope your ortho tries to resolve the problem

[Mpkh]

Sounds frustrating. I have self ligating ceramic on my social six...so far so good! Talk to your ortho and see if he can do something.

[djspeece]

I'm not certain it is an issue with the bracket as much with the adhesive that is used to keep them on the teeth. I had one pop off a crown (very common I am told) the third day into treatment, as I was eating yogurt. The ortho applied a bracket that was integrated into a thin metal sleeve that surrounded the entire tooth. End of (that particular) problem. Best of luck to you, hang in there.