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What do you do if one of your brackets comes off the tooth but it is still on the wire?
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∙ 19y ago
Brackets are usually attached to the wire by a very short rubber band. Cut the rubber band and save the bracket. So see the Orthodontist to put it back. If you have orthodontic wax, put it on top of any loose brackets about to fall off. This will keep the brackets in place until they can be properly replaced.
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How do you get the wire and brackets from braces off your teeth?
The orthodontist takes takes a special pair of pliers and puts one end of the pliers over the end of a tooth and the other tine of the pliers against the brace glued onto the tooth and squeezes: Voila! the brace snaps off the tooth. Some orthodontists use a different method that just requires squeezing each brace with a pair of pliers. There are many videos on YouTube that show orthodontists removing the braces. The pliers are available on eBay, but be careful! Teeth can break.
What are the negatives of keeping a baby tooth that doesn't have a permanent tooth coming in behind it when the person has braces on?
I used to have braces and faced the same problem. Instead of putting a bracket on that baby tooth, they justleave the wire that connects the brackets near the top of the tooth. After you lose the baby tooth and the new one growns in, a bracket will be glued on.
What is a brace for your tooth?
'Braces' are pieces of metal (called brackets) which are fixed onto your teeth. They are connected by a metal wire running through them. Braces are used by orthodontics and are fixed onto teeth. The brackets and the wire put pressure on the teeth and move them into being in the perfect, straight position, leaving you with perfect straight teeth! every six weeks or so the orthodontist will tighten the wire on the braces (roughly six weeks is how long it takes for teeth to move into their new positions) and this will gradually move the teeth into the correct positon. -
Where are the rubber bands located on braces?
THeir located on the brackets with the little wire dealy connected to it
What appliance is responsible for tooth movement?
For tooth movement, your dentist can recommend you to an orthodontist. There, depending on your teeth, he will decide if you need treatment. If you do, he usually will give you braces, but he may also use retainers, permanant retainers, or invisible braces. Each part of the braces has some part in moving the teeth. The wire guides your teeth, and the brackets attach your teeth to the wire. If you get rubber bands, they help to move your jaws closer together. The orthodontist may also use stoppers, or little balls of glue, to keep your wire from sliding around much. He also uses elastics, which looks like a chain of many tiny rubber bands attached together, which he would put around each of your brackets to keep your teeth from spacing out.
'How do braces straiten your teeth'?
The wire connected to the brackets shift your teeth into the shape of the wire. Thats why it hurts after the othodontist fixes them every 2 months
How do orthodontists take brace off?
They take the wire out that connects the brackets (square metal parts that are on each individual tooth). Then they pull the brackets off of each tooth, and scrape the glue off of the tooth that held the bracket on. They also pull the metal bands that wrap around your back teeth, and scrape the glue off of those teeth. When they have removed the braces and the glue, they will take a mold of your teeth, and use it to make a retainer so that your teeth will stay in the same positions your braces put them in. If you are worried about getting your own braces off, don't. It sounds painful, but it really doesn't hurt at all. But they all say that, and I'm scared! D:
What can strands of wire be used for when it comes to survival?
The surgical wire strands can be used when it comes to survival.
What do the brackets on braces do?
They are metal circles that they cement on your four back teeth, they help keep the wire on your teeth.
What does getting your braces tighten feel like?
When you get braces tightened it does not hurt that much it just feels like pressure on your teeth. What the dentist does is: 1. Looks at your teeth. (NOT PAINFUL) 2. Takes the wire out. (FEELS WEIRD) 3. Takes the brackets off. (A LITTLE PRESSURE) 4. Cleans you teeth. (NOT PAINFUL) 5. Puts a new wire in. (HE POKES YOU IN THE BACK OF THE MOUTH WITH THE WIRE THAT HURTS A LITTLE) 6. Asks you what color brackets you want. (BEST PART) 7. Put the brackets on. (THIS IS WHEN YOU FEEL THE PRESSURE, BUT STILL NOT PAINFUL) 8. Tightens the wire. He also cuts the wire shorter. (NOT PAINFUL) Then you leave THATS it... HAHA I know I was a little scared the first time I went but then the dentist tightened them and it went by quick it only takes about 15 minutes... DO NOT BE SCARED!
How does it to get braces on?
You have to get your mouth molded and I hated that. It doesn't hurt at all. All they did was put some glue and brackets and took wire and connected it to the brackets. But the best part was my teeth got straight right after I got them!! IT WAS AWESOME!
What do you call those metal things for braces?
brackets? (square/circle things glued to teeth) wire? (self explanatory)
