i was eating something hard, and then when i washed my teeth i felt something poking my cheek, when i looked at it, it was a loose bracket.i can probably go to the orthodontist in 3 days, but is it an emergency, can it be dangerous for my teeth in any way? i live in a boarding school so my original orthodontist is far, and i am kind of scared of meeting another one here just please tell me if it is an emergency , and if it could be any danger for the growing of my teeth? Thank you very much in advance :)
As long as it is not a choking hazard it is not an emergency. It can wait 3 days. I once had one become loose but it was still on my tooth but moved around a little. All they did was glue it back on and it didn't affect my treatment.
Hi hun, first of all don't panic, its not a huge issue and won't damage the eventual outcome. This has happened to me couple of times (i'm one and half years in braces). First time the poking in MY cheek, was due to the wire jumping out of the bracket. If you can't get to an orthodontist quickly, you can, if you have a good magnifying mirror. pop it back into the bracket. If its the actual bracket that has fallen off the tooth, as your question seems to suggest, then it needs to be glued back on. So if you can get to someone, it would be better to do it sooner rather than later. If only because of the sheer inconvenience of eating / swallowing with the thing dangling in your mouth. Providing you so so, it won't make much difference if any, to the timescale your orthodontist was already working to for you.
