2006-12-01 11:35:41 · 5 answers · asked by FashionRocks 4 in Health ➔ Dental
its to protract or propulse your mandible...meaning: your orthodontists want ot advance or pull you teeth to have a good occlusion (perfect fit of higher and lower teeth)
Dr.B, DMD
2006-12-01 15:30:10 · answer #1 · answered by iidibitizi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, there are the elastics which are wrapped around the brackets to hold the wire in and then there are the elastics that you can put on and remove yourself. Those are used to correct your bite. They can be worn different ways to correct different things such as cross-bite or overbite. If your not wearing them all of the time (or how you've been instructed) they won't work because every second they are off that you are supposed to have them on you lose all of your progress.
2006-12-01 19:43:31 · answer #2 · answered by Chapstick 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are part of the over all torture devise that braces are.
They are particularly effective when used to correct a cross bite. You learn very quickly not grind your teeth or chew your cud so to speak.
When you forget they wake you quite quickly as they snap from one side to the other.
2006-12-01 19:48:17 · answer #3 · answered by Ruairi 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They help pull the teeth into the alignment desired.
2006-12-01 19:43:31 · answer #4 · answered by Uther Aurelianus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They Help hold the wire on
2006-12-01 19:43:25 · answer #5 · answered by delsydoodles 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋