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). I wear them religiously (and actually double them up for twice the power!) to avoid problems at my next appointment, but when I get up I take them out to brush teeth, get ready and eat breakfast, making it about 45 minutes. But I could swear that I can feel a difference in gap size with my tongue in that time.. can 45 minutes really make teeth move? Would this affect my treatment since I do this everyday or is it just me!?I do the exact same as you - take them out for eating and brushing etc... but if i try to eat with them in, they just pop out since they become unhooked! When I first got them I tried eating with them but it was impossible and I kept swallowing them! And I know what you mean when you wake up - my extraction gap feels like it's not there when i wake up!yoginbraces wrote:I posted a similar question about a week ago. I was wearing my elastics most of the time except when eating, brushing & flossing which for me was a significant part of the day when I included bfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, etc. I'd wake in the AM feeling a tightness to my teeth (a sign that some shifting occurred overnight) but I'd lose that feeling by the end of the day I assume due to the constant removal of elastics. So I took the advice of some of our fellow forum members and am now wearing my elastics 100% of the time except when I brush & floss and I can see a noticeable difference. Of course noticeable to me would not be noticeable to anyone else.
I should add I absolutely loathe wearing elastics more than I ever thought I would but since I've been given this sentence (ugh!) I figure I should try my best to tough it out.
Good luck to you!
I guess it's safe to say a lot of people who just get elastics try to eat with them on. I tried that the second day after getting them because I got lazy and didn't want to take them out and I also thought I could chew with the on, but yea, they snapped off, lol. But I didn't swallow them because I immediately felt they were no longer hooked while chewing and found them in my mouth.loz876 wrote:I do the exact same as you - take them out for eating and brushing etc... but if i try to eat with them in, they just pop out since they become unhooked! When I first got them I tried eating with them but it was impossible and I kept swallowing them! And I know what you mean when you wake up - my extraction gap feels like it's not there when i wake up!yoginbraces wrote:I posted a similar question about a week ago. I was wearing my elastics most of the time except when eating, brushing & flossing which for me was a significant part of the day when I included bfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, etc. I'd wake in the AM feeling a tightness to my teeth (a sign that some shifting occurred overnight) but I'd lose that feeling by the end of the day I assume due to the constant removal of elastics. So I took the advice of some of our fellow forum members and am now wearing my elastics 100% of the time except when I brush & floss and I can see a noticeable difference. Of course noticeable to me would not be noticeable to anyone else.
I should add I absolutely loathe wearing elastics more than I ever thought I would but since I've been given this sentence (ugh!) I figure I should try my best to tough it out.
Good luck to you!
