braces bracket, metal thing got loose on the right on my tooth?!
Question: Braces bracket, metal thing got loose on the right on my tooth?
Answers:
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.
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.