Triangle Shaped Rubber Bands Braces

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Triangle shaped rubber bands braces.

Another important component of dental braces include inter arch rubber bands. Studies have shown that poor rubber band wear can extend treatment significantly. An elastic is essentially a small rubber band that your orthodontist will tell you to attach to your braces in a certain configuration shape. Brackets on each tooth.

We all understand that rubber bands are a pain in the rear but they are a necessary evil for almost every orthodontic patient. Elastics are the rubber bands that your orthodontist hooks to your braces to assist movement. They also include the ligatures that attach your brackets to the archwire elastics typically pull the jaw forward or backward to align your top and bottom teeth improving your smile and bite. With braces we are able to straighten the upper and lower teeth independent of one another.

These bands connect to the brackets via a hook often from the top tooth bracket to the bottom tooth. 39 years experience in dentistry. Life with braces instruction on how to wear triangle elastics or rubber bands while wearing braces orthodontic treatment. Just when i thought the pain of the braces was a thing of the past i was introduced to a new instrument of torture the elastics.

Which are the official name for rubber bands for braces. Rubber bands allow the upper and lower teeth to fit with one another. Triangle rubber bands for braces. Rubber bands work in conjunction with braces to achieve a beautiful smile along with an excellent bite.

Dental braces have three main components. My last braces update triangle elastics removing retainers thatxxrin duration. All about my rubber bands elastics. A band or bonding to attach the bracket to each tooth.

Archwires that go from one bracket to next. The purpose of an elastic is to allow the patient to assist the orthodontist in the movement of their teeth. When we ask for a certain amount of rubber band wear we are doing so for a reason.