Elastics
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Well, they seem to work...my archwire started poking me after 5 days, got into the ortho after 7 days and she said poor me she could see where I was being poked. I said I couldn't believe it as she'd taken such care to clip and file down the wire and she said my teeth were really moving due to the elastics.
Glad I persevered through the pain!
Though, two days later and the archwire is digging again. I am worried I'm going to seem like a high maintenance patient.
Glad I persevered through the pain!
Though, two days later and the archwire is digging again. I am worried I'm going to seem like a high maintenance patient.
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Carolinahigh12
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I am currently in "moose" elastics and have been using them everyday for almost 4 months. At first, I would take them off when I ate, but that got a little to hectic because I snacked alot between meals, so I would forget to put them back in. So my first adjustment after wearing the elastics I had zero movement. I decided right then and there that I would rather go ahead and get my movement that I need to move forward in my treatment. So with that being said, I started to wear my elastics everyday, all day; changing them once a day at night during my final brushing. I would only take them off in the morning when I brush my teeth, but other than that you never saw me without them on. I went back in 2 months, and I had MAJOR improvement in my bite and alignment.
So from personal experience, I would advise to wear them literally 24/7 even when eating.. To me wearing them while eating took away the soreness from the movement, and allowed movement to be almost painless... If I go without my elastics, my mouth feels so strange and my molars start shifting back to the old position.
I would say try eating with then on, and it may actually help you wear your elastics more faithfully.
So from personal experience, I would advise to wear them literally 24/7 even when eating.. To me wearing them while eating took away the soreness from the movement, and allowed movement to be almost painless... If I go without my elastics, my mouth feels so strange and my molars start shifting back to the old position.
I would say try eating with then on, and it may actually help you wear your elastics more faithfully.
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~~~Nicole~~~
Hmmm....I'd rather wear them as my ortho wants me to.
If she thought I'd get better results with changing them every few hours, she'd say so, after all I take them out at mealtimes so it wouldn't be much difference between putting them back in or putting new ones in.
One of the things my ortho said to me early on was she didn't want things to move too quickly because of bone loss so I'd rather not take any risks!
If she thought I'd get better results with changing them every few hours, she'd say so, after all I take them out at mealtimes so it wouldn't be much difference between putting them back in or putting new ones in.
One of the things my ortho said to me early on was she didn't want things to move too quickly because of bone loss so I'd rather not take any risks!
i don't think doubling up will do damage my ortho told me to double up at night and haven't had any damage.WiredforSound wrote:I just got elastics this morning and my Ortho told me to take them out to eat and brush my teeth. Other than that to leave them in. He said NOT to double up as that will do damage.
My Ortho said the more you wear the elastics the faster your teeth will move but if I stopped wearing them for a few days then my teeth would move back and we would have to start over again.
Good luck with your elastics.