Emergency

If an brace is loose, in most cases it will remain attached to the wire with a small elastic rubber ring. You can use an eyebrow tweezers or an open clip to remove the tire from the brace. The brace can then be carefully removed from the wire. Hard or sticky foods are a common cause of brace detachment. If you can't easily perform the above procedures, place a small piece of orthodontic wax on top of the brace and call your doctor for the first available appointment.

When the teeth move, the wire may end up protruding. A long wire can be cut with a nail clipper or nail clipper. Cut the wire as close to the iron as possible. If a wire comes out of your brace, you can try placing it again with tweezers. If you have difficulty and the wire does not come back in, put a piece of wax in the area and contact your doctor to make an appointment.

As long as the wire remains on all the other braces, a brace without a rubber band or chain is not a problem. Ask your doctor to schedule an appointment.

If you need to remove the wire:

1. Carefully remove any rubber bands or chains from each brace with a pair of tweezers or a clip.
2. Remove the wire by pulling it out.

At the appointment before placing bands around the back teeth, the separators are placed on each side of the teeth on which the bands are to be placed. Sometimes the separators will come out immediately. Other times this may happen a few weeks after they are placed. If you have noticed that one or more of the seperators are out of place, wait until the next working day to tell your doctor. This is not an emergency.

At the appointment before placing bands around the back teeth, the separators are placed on each side of the teeth on which the bands are to be placed. Sometimes the separators will come out immediately. Other times this may happen a few weeks after they are placed. If you have noticed that one or more of the seperators are out of place, wait until the next working day to tell your doctor. This is not an emergency.

There are several types of expanders. One is called RMX (Rapid Maxillary Expander), another type is called E-arc (E for expansion). If one or both of the rings on the back teeth are loose, call the doctor's office and let us know. Sometimes the E-bow can be split in half. If this happens, don't panic, just call the doctor's office and let us know.