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OK, at one side of my top set, there is excess wire sticking out the side... sticking into my cheek, which wasnt there before. At the opposide end, the wire has came of of the band... is this normal?
No, although it's fairly common it's not supposed to do that. Basically whats happened is your archwire has migrated to one side of your mouth (moved across in the brackets). Best thing to do is give your ortho's office a call, tell them what the situation is and they'll probably give you an "emergency" appointment to quickly fix it (only takes them a few minutes to sort out). I've had this problem twice so far, fortunately it only seems to happen with the thinner more flexible wires, so once you get a thicker wire it isn't a problem anymore!
Good Luck
Yea, along with the stoppers, they can also bend the end of the wire so that it can't poke you. This is what my ortho did for me. And it works. It never hurts to ask if they will do it!!
