Mistake???

[pasr16]

hello all i have been wearing braces for over a year now and I went to my orthodontist's office because a power chain had snapped, so when the tech was fixing it she noticed that my arch-wire had been hooked in the wrong hole (lower) and it was supposed to go in the middle hole of the crowns that go on my molars, she called the Otho over and he confirmed her suspicions, after that he changed my wire to a thinner one and said things had misaligned(he said having the thinker wire ive had been wearing could break the brackets). also he said i should stopped using rubber bands to fix my overbite even though its not even close to being fixed. why was this done? is it common? will it make my treatment span longer?
thanks!!!!!!!!

[VA5]

hello all i have been wearing braces for over a year now and I went to my orthodontist's office because a power chain had snapped, so when the tech was fixing it she noticed that my arch-wire had been hooked in the wrong hole (lower) and it was supposed to go in the middle hole of the crowns that go on my molars, she called the Otho over and he confirmed her suspicions, after that he changed my wire to a thinner one and said things had misaligned(he said having the thinker wire ive had been wearing could break the brackets). also he said i should stopped using rubber bands to fix my overbite even though its not even close to being fixed. why was this done? is it common? will it make my treatment span longer?
thanks!!!!!!!!

i've had something similar happen to me. i had a bracket come off, unknowingly. So, the tooth shifted a little bit and the ortho had to put in a weaker wire and eliminate the elastics/powerchains i was on, until my next visit when my teeth were level/straight again, and then i went back up to the stronger wire and elastics/powerchains. So, yeah, it will make your treatment longer by however many weeks he asks you to come back in after you get it fixed.

[roost22]

At 19 months I was pretty much done but my regular orthodontist was not in that day so his son worked on me and told me to come back in 10 days for debanding but what happened was my wire got put in backwards and my teeth went wacko, now it is two months later and FOUR adjustments with alot of pain and they are back to where they were. I have a appointment Monday, hopefully to have them removed.

[roost22]

At 19 months I was pretty much done but my regular orthodontist was not in that day so his son worked on me and told me to come back in 10 days for debanding but what happened was my wire got put in backwards and my teeth went wacko, now it is two months later and FOUR adjustments with alot of pain and they are back to where they were. I have a appointment Monday, hopefully to have them removed.

[midlifesmile]

At 19 months I was pretty much done but my regular orthodontist was not in that day so his son worked on me and told me to come back in 10 days for debanding but what happened was my wire got put in backwards and my teeth went wacko, now it is two months later and FOUR adjustments with alot of pain and they are back to where they were. I have a appointment Monday, hopefully to have them removed.

Oh, I'd be a little miffed. Did you wait the 10 days or did you know something was wrong before then?

[roost22]

I knew as soon as I got home and called and was told my wire was bent and I would be fine. My teeth went way out of wack. Miffed is not the word that comes to my mind. These last 2 months have been the most pain of my 21 months of dental bondage. If your wire wants to keep springing out of your mouth suspect something is wrong.