ILiveInFlipFlops Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 DD15 had braces put on last week, and since then, she's been finding little shards of what we can only assume are teeth in her mouth. Most were in the first couple of days, but she just found another, for a total of four or five. She can't identify where they're coming from though--none of her teeth look or feel chipped. Is this normal? Or maybe they use some kind of adhesive that's shedding instead? Of course I can call the ortho in the morning and ask, but in the meantime, I figured Dr. Hive might have some insight :bigear: Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theelfqueen Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Most likely it's chunks of the adhesive that hold brackets in place. Call the ortho. Sent from my SM-G930V using Tapatalk 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 yikes...hopefully not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinaPagnato Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 It's little pieces of glue. Pretty common. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Marmalade Posted December 20, 2017 Share Posted December 20, 2017 Yep, it's the adhesive. Just thinking about that... I can still feel the crumbles in my mouth and freaking out that it was actually my teeth. To this day I have dreams of crumbling teeth. But a call to the ortho wouldn't be terrible. They may want to do a quick check to make sure it isn't working its way out from somewhere it shouldn't. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solascriptura Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 I’m pretty sure it’s the glue. Ask her to save some of the shards and have the ortho look at it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammi K Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 Yep, I agree. Adhesive . Completely normal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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