Because rubber bands become stretched over time they re often changed at home.
Rubber band patterns for braces.
Orthodontic rubber bands also known as elastics are small elastic bands that hook onto your braces from the top teeth down to the bottom teeth.
Rubber bands or elastics are generally used to help improve how teeth fit together.
This is what rubber bands do.
How to use rubber bands on an underbite.
Do note that orthodontic rubber bands are different from the small colored ties also known as o ties or ligatures put on braces to hold the archwire in place.
Wear the rubber band.
They are simply small rubber bands that are attached to the braces.
Rubber bands get affixed to brackets or bands via little hooks and a rubber band is almost always attached to the upper teeth at one point and the lower teeth at another point.
Rubber bands work in conjunction with braces to achieve a beautiful smile along with an excellent bite.
With braces we are able to straighten the upper and lower teeth independent of one another.
If you have an underbite you will be attaching the bands in the reverse of the overbite.
Rubber bands for braces.
They are also often used to help close spaces or make sure spaces are closing in the right direction and improve cross bites and midlines.
If rubber bands are needed for a portion of a braces.
Underbites can also be tricky to get the rubber bands on right.
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