Metal Mouth Message Board

I bought a reverse-pull headgear online (this one: http://oi66.tinypic.com/1f7g3s.jpg) and I want to try connecting a paper-clip to my self-litigating braces and connecting it to my headgear through elastics like this: http://oi64.tinypic.com/sotpw6.jpg Is there any risk of the bracket being pulled ...

Hi all, I am a new member with a class 2 division 2 malocclusion (deep bite) and I am getting braces put on my top and bottom teeth at a local university in a few weeks. I am not a candidate for Invisalign according to the doctor I saw, and I cannot afford to go to the orthodontist of my choice, so ...