How can you break a bracket on your braces?

Question

i know that ure not supposed to try to break them but if i break mine. im going to have to replace them for $25 so i need to know how they can break so i dont break them......

thankss

Answer 1

I have broken them on apples, hard candy, chewy candy, chips, and sometimes they just break!

( They really charge you for them, mine are all free!)

Answer 2

gum

hard candy

taffy

apples (biting into one)

chewing fingernails

Answer 3

I broke one by bitting my finger nail

Answer 4

by eating hard foots..such as apples. try to cut them up in little pieces and then eat them at the back of your mouth. also if you hit your teeth on something hard there is a possibilty they may break (that happened to me)

Answer 5

I broke one on a pen lid and one on a cracker.

Answer 6

sometimes it just happens...sucks but true

Answer 7

Try hard candy

Answer 8

Check your brackets before you leave the orthodontist.  The assistant broke one of mine last week and wasn't going to tell me until I started spitting out pieces of it.  I made them document it in my chart so I won't have to pay when I get it replaced.  On the does it fall off or just crack, I've got the clear porcelain ones and it cracked and broke off in the top left and bottom right wings, but the base is still there.  Hope this helps.