Problems with your brace

Patients' Home Videos Repairs

A Metal square is moving around/has come out completely (bracket debonded)
Metal tube on the outside of back tooth/molar has come off (buccal tube debonded)
Main wire has come at the back of the brace (distal end out)
Main wire is long/sharp at the back of the brace (distal end long or not bent round)
Main wire is broken/part of it is missing (fractured archwire)
Very thin wire (not the main wire) is poking out/sharp (ligature end out)
Small elastic around metal square has come off (module off)
Chain elastic has come off (powerchain off)
Spring in between teeth on main wire has come off/is coming off (pushcoil unravelled)
Metal ring /band around a molar is loose/digging in/broken (loose or fractured molar band)
Unable to place elastics between parts of the brace, as shown at my appointment (IME placement issue)
Plastic button on wire arch in my palate is causing soreness (NPA embedding)
Wire Arch in my palate is causing soreness on tongue (NPA/TPA/QH traumatic on tongue)
Hook on metal square or main wire is poking out/rubbing (bracket hook or archwire hook traumatic on soft tissues)
Blue/pink blocks placed on biting surface of teeth has worn down – and i might be biting down onto the metal squares (GIC blocks worn down and possibly biting onto brackets)
Block(s) placed behind front tooth/teeth has come off (anterior bite block(s) debonded)

Wire on the back of teeth is/feels loose (bonded ret debonded)
Wire on the back of teeth feels broken or sharp (bonded ret debonded or fractured)

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