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 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.
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.
Rubber bands for braces.
This is what rubber bands do.
Rubber bands allow the upper and lower teeth to fit with one another.
Rubber bands work in conjunction with braces to achieve a beautiful smile along with an excellent bite.
You would connect the rubber band to the hook on the back top teeth and stretch the rubber band down to the front teeth on the bottom.
Underbites can also be tricky to get the rubber bands on right.
This rubber band pattern helps to grow teeth together.
Rubber bands or elastics are generally used to help improve how teeth fit together.
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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.
They are simply small rubber bands that are attached to the braces.
If rubber bands are needed for a portion of a braces.
If you have an underbite you will be attaching the bands in the reverse of the overbite.
Wear the rubber band.