Missing a bracket and the wire slices your cheek?

[Heartofdarkness]

My ortho removed a bracket on one tooth which makes the wire that runs over that tooth super sharp and it's cutting my cheek like mad. I know the ortho can put a tube or something but I don't feel like going there so I made one myself. You know those protection tubes on very thin paint brushes? http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-63jllpbrhq8/T ... ushes3.jpg I took one I had at home, cut it shorter and made a slice in it with a sharp knife and put it on the wire. Instant relief! Also it's easy to remove when eating.

[Ziggy]

Congratulations on your brilliant solution. I would have used some dental wax and called the ortho to fix it. Just got my braces off, but before that dental wax and Motrin, were my best friends.

[Heartofdarkness]

Thanks! Wax is not working, there is too much wire and it cuts through the wax if I try to wrap it around. How would the dentist solve it, they use some kind of tube as well?

[WanderingWallflower]

Thank you!!! I have this problem where my extractions were performed because there is just space there with no brackets and the wire cuts my like crazy!!

[Heartofdarkness]

Thank you!!! I have this problem where my extractions were performed because there is just space there with no brackets and the wire cuts my like crazy!!

It's awful isn't it? At first I thought it was only a problem with the first, thin wire. Now I'm at my last one and well... I was wrong. You gonna give it a try?

[WanderingWallflower]

Thank you!!! I have this problem where my extractions were performed because there is just space there with no brackets and the wire cuts my like crazy!!

It's awful isn't it? At first I thought it was only a problem with the first, thin wire. Now I'm at my last one and well... I was wrong. You gonna give it a try?

Definetly, I'm sick of being cut all day everyday lol it makes me regret getting braces at all!!