rubber bands,,, :(

[toma]

hiz how r u with braces ...??

last month my ortho give me rubber band to wear 24/7 ....

but actually I could not wear it ..(for personal reason)and now the month is coming to end and my appointment with orth will be next week ..

I think one week if I use it will not doing anything ..

now I am thinking that I'll postpone my appointment to next month I'll use it ..

or going to ortho even I didn't use it ..

I am afraid my ortho will be angry ....


I need ur opinion from ur experince...

[Denise]

Your ortho won't be angry, he/she gets paid regardless of what you do with your elastics. But just remember that unless you want to be in braces for five years, you need to wear your elastics. There's a reason they tell you to wear them. It's the same as going to the doctor when you're sick, being prescribed antibiotics to heal, and then not taking them. I think you should still go to your ortho appointment, and just face the ortho and tell him/her that you weren't wearing them. They may need to change your recommended elastics configuration due to how your teeth moved without the elastics. Whatever your personal reasons were for not wearing them, just remember that you're paying a lot of money for this treatment to not follow orders, so I would recommend just wearing the elastics

[Sunny]

Toma the best thing you can do is wear them now and be honest with your ortho.

Make a commitment to following through with your treatment as it's prescribed and here's to everything going well.

[toma]

Your ortho won't be angry, he/she gets paid regardless of what you do with your elastics. But just remember that unless you want to be in braces for five years, you need to wear your elastics. There's a reason they tell you to wear them. It's the same as going to the doctor when you're sick, being prescribed antibiotics to heal, and then not taking them. I think you should still go to your ortho appointment, and just face the ortho and tell him/her that you weren't wearing them. They may need to change your recommended elastics configuration due to how your teeth moved without the elastics. Whatever your personal reasons were for not wearing them, just remember that you're paying a lot of money for this treatment to not follow orders, so I would recommend just wearing the elastics

thanks Denise so u recomend me to go to ortho .. I know every thing but I didn't wear it because i have final Exam and projects to be done during this month .. when I wear elastics i have a headache and pain and that effect in my work but thank u I'll go to ortho and explain every thing .

[toma]

Toma the best thing you can do is wear them now and be honest with your ortho.

Make a commitment to following through with your treatment as it's prescribed and here's to everything going well.

thank you sunny I am trying to wear it this week and I'll explain that to my ortho.. thanks..

[Denise]

toma, I know they cause pain but if you wear them all the time, your mouth will adjust faster to them, and the pain will go away. Only wearing them in sparse intervals will cause your teeth to hurt like the very first time you put the elastics on. I know how painful it can be, but try to power through it...have you tried taking ibuprofen? It will work absolute wonders for you. I take 600mg of Motrin IB twice a day in the first few days after each ortho appointment so I can get through the pain. Also, remember that pain today = the braces coming off faster. If you don't follow orders, you'll have to wear them longer

[toma]

toma, I know they cause pain but if you wear them all the time, your mouth will adjust faster to them, and the pain will go away. Only wearing them in sparse intervals will cause your teeth to hurt like the very first time you put the elastics on. I know how painful it can be, but try to power through it...have you tried taking ibuprofen? It will work absolute wonders for you. I take 600mg of Motrin IB twice a day in the first few days after each ortho appointment so I can get through the pain. Also, remember that pain today = the braces coming off faster. If you don't follow orders, you'll have to wear them longer

thanx Denise ..

I wear it now maybe one week the hurt is go slowly and my teeth is used to it ..

tomorrow will be my appointment with my ortho I'll back and tell u what happend ..

thenks..

[toma]

I went to my ortho ..

he didn't ask me if i wear it or no ..

but he changed the way I wear it ..

now I wear it in front my teeth ( upper central to upper cuspid to lower cuspid in two side) it looks very disgusting..

[Sunny]

Great that you've had your appointment and it went ok toma!

When you have braces it's not expected that your mouth will look amazing, as otherwise they'd be their for no good reason. So please don't be concerned about these elastics going to your centrals. Your ortho must believe this is the only way to achieve the progress you need, so if you don't do it, your treatment will take longer.

Good luck!

[toma]

thanks sunny ..

now I used to use elastics ..and not hurt like before ..

thanx again,,

[Phoenix461]

Toma, I wore elastics for several months. At first, it was weird but not painful as I think you might be describing. (Maybe I am just lucky.) I have been very diligent with wearing them as the ortho advised me to because I want these braces off. As of my visit yesterday, I was told that it was okay for me not to wear the elastics until my next adjustment in 4 weeks.

Keep wearing the elastics and sticking to what the ortho says so you will have progress.

[toma]

PHOENIX 461 ..

ur name remeber me with short story that I have read when I was in sophomore Ilike it too much ..

now I don't feel any pain with elistacs and the new news my ortho confirm me that I'll get my braces off after 2 months if I use the every night for this 2 months...

I am really so happy ..

thank u every one ..