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My ortho put brackets in the very rear molars on the bottom today. This is HORRIBLE. They claim the wires have to be left exrtra long so that they can make sure it stays in. I have had it this way for like 6 hrs now and my cheeks are complete hamburger already.
When I bite down I bite on the bracket on the one side, I told my ortho this and he said "just be careful"...I cant even relax and close my mouth properly now, I have to shift my jaw in order to close my teeth completely. This is absolutely horrible, I cannot use wax, it is literally so far back in the hinge of my mouth, it just falls right off. This is not right....
I had this problem as well for about the first 5 days then my mouth got used to it pocking back there. I took a ball of wax and jammed it on the end of the wire to hold it in place. Then I just mushed it down around the tooth. It was a pain to get all the way back there, but once I did it felt so much better.
Hopefully, they don't cause you too much trouble for too long
How many of you have your farthest molars bracketed and wire? The molars right in the hinge of your mouth? Im looking to know when i might be past this HORRID stage where the wire is cutting me very very badly...this is un like the normal pokey wire.
They leave the wire long on purpose....how long will this be? I can barely eat/talk...or even bite down.
I got the brackets on my last teeth two months ago. I had to keep wax jammed on them for the first week. But it wasn't awful, till i noticed the hook on these brackets is sharp. So when i open my mouth wide, like to take a bite of food, the hook hooks my cheek and dang near rips a hole in it. Also for a while i had a hard spot between those top and bottom brackets, from biting my cheek, and that spot was more prone to getting bit between the brackets. So again i had to use lots of wax. I know its a pain to put on, just get a big chunk and moosh it in till it stays. After a while you're mouth will heal over and you can try without the wax again.
29 years old
2-18-10 baby canine pulled
3-15-10 got braces
12-22-11 Moving-SO EXCITED!!
1-2-12 Meet new Ortho
1-5-12 Begin finishing treatment
3-5-12 Canine Implants...dun dun dunnnnn
4-9-12 Deband!
I had braces for Two Years and TwentyFive Days
appygirl82 wrote: They claim the wires have to be left exrtra long so that they can make sure it stays in.
Never heard that one before! Ouch
Ask them if they can find another way to make it stay in. My ortho fixes the wire in place with a kind of wire tie. It's murder when they put it in because they have to fiddle it into position right at the back of your mouth, but it's better than a permanently poky wire. I've also read about orthos putting some kind of "stop" on the wire to prevent it sliding out. At the very least you could ask them to bend the wire back on itself so you've got a loop poking you rather than the sharp end.
SARPE: Sept 2007 Braced: May 2008 BSSO: Nov 2010 Debraced: March 2011
I'm having the same problem although I have no exta wire after the last braket if that's what you mean. There is no room in my mouth.
My mouth is very small so my last brackets & the wire are engraved in my cheek. It wasn't too bad until about 4 days after when I noticed I was in pain & my cheeks were missing chunks & were cut to shreds from the metal.
I found it hard to brush because I couldn't fit the brush head down there without touching my cuts.
I have been putting wax on since yesterday & it feels so much better.
I know what you mean about it falling off. Mine does & i've eaten 4 lots of it already lol. Trick is to push it on really firm & then don't touch it. I kept checking I had covered the right bracket & then it'd fall off.
Hang in there. Once you get the wax on those brackets gives your cheeks time to heal. Otherwise it's going to take longer for them to heal & be very painful (as i've just learnt)
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I have had brackets on the last molars for awhile now, so I am used to those. It did take a while to adjust, probably about two weeks. I just got a new wire a week and a half ago and it was put into the back brackets this time.
My ortho uses stops to prevent the wire from sliding around. Anyways, the ortho assistant left one of the wires too long and it cut up my cheek so badly, I couldn't get the wax to stay and I was miserable. I called and told them that they need to trim it. They took me in that day to snip it down to proper size. I don't think it sounds right to "leave it extra long". Ask your ortho about your options. You shouldn't be in pain until your next adjustment.
Yes, just chiming in again to agree with kaylaa. I've had brackets and wire right to the back, top and bottom, from the outset, and I've never been left with a poky wire. It's never slipped out of place, yet, either. Have another word with your ortho!!
SARPE: Sept 2007 Braced: May 2008 BSSO: Nov 2010 Debraced: March 2011
Definitely tend to the problem, I would either call first or just show up to have the wires made shorter. I have had them snipped if they were really long and ground if sharp but just somewhat protruding. What you are refering to is the one situation that is intolerable to endure. Early stages of treatment is the most problematic for end wire protrusion like you are refering to.
Both the ortho and all the assistants just seem to act like this "keep the wires extra long" thiing is normal. You have got to be kidding me, its torture. Its one thing when the brackets are not on the far back teeth, its fairly easy to cover with wax. On the far back teeth with extra long wires, its nearly impossible. I am so upset, I do not see the reasoning with it. Others talk about wire stops, cutting it shorter....ughhh why am I going thru this.
This is horrid, so far the worst part of this journey....
That seems pretty cruel to just "leave the wires extra long!" The first time I had braces there was a stretch of time where my wire was left very long in the back and I couldn't get back in for them to clip it for several weeks. It was torture! Ten years later I still have a hole in my cheek from that darn wire. The hooks on my current appliance love getting caught in that hole too...
Anyway, I think you should probably call and ask if there's anything they can do besides leaving the wires long. That's kind of ridiculous (I think) for them to expect you to just let your cheeks be shredded.
I have a spring on my upper left side so the wire is left long in the back on that side. So that as the teeth move theres still wire in the last bracket. Could that be why they're leaving it long? Other wise on all three other back teeth my ortho has the wires clipped flush with the brackets, or sometimes turned in.
29 years old
2-18-10 baby canine pulled
3-15-10 got braces
12-22-11 Moving-SO EXCITED!!
1-2-12 Meet new Ortho
1-5-12 Begin finishing treatment
3-5-12 Canine Implants...dun dun dunnnnn
4-9-12 Deband!
I had braces for Two Years and TwentyFive Days
I also had the brackets and wires on my last molars. For every appointment, my dentist will check for the wire ends to see whether they need to be cut shorter. So it seems to me that it doesn't make sense to just leave the wire ends too long. I think you should further discuss the problem with your dentist.
