Loose Bracket

Sometimes you will have a bracket fall off or get knocked off your tooth from eating or something. When the bracket isn’t attached it will not pull or tighten that tooth so its important to fix it as soon as possible.

Usually you can schedule an appointment so we would recommend doing that soon. Usually your orthodontist will go through the whole procedure of glueing your bracket back on, so its nothing you haven’t done before.


Here are some tips for the time period before your appointment:

1. Try not to play with it because you can dislodge other brackets and ruin the wire.
2. Try not to eat on the part of your mouth where your loose bracket is that way you won’t damage it more.


So if you feel in your mouth one day that something is loose or you hear a crack after you bite into that hard piece of bread, don’t be alarmed! It happens to everyone at one point and is very simple to fix. Just remember to schedule that appointment!

-Amanda and Erik