Luckily there are several strategies you can try out to help alleviate rubber bands and braces pain.
Do you wear rubber bands for braces at night.
If you have braces your orthodontist might give you small rubber bands to attach to your brackets to help move and align your teeth.
Generally braces rubber bands do not cause pain and you don t need pain relief specifically for that.
If you remove your elastics during those periods of discomfort not only will your tooth movement slow down but the pain will just return once you put the rubber bands back on.
Before leaving the office it is the patient s responsibility to understand where and when to wear the rubber bands.
You can change the rubber band 3 to 4 times a day.
The only thing you have to do is wear rubber bands all the time except for brushing and sometimes during eating.
While they may cause some discomfort they re an important part of your overall orthodontic plan.
How long do you have to wear your rubber bands for braces.
Having to wear braces is enough to have to adjust to but sometimes your orthodontist will also give your rubber bands to wear as well.
You should eat with a rubber band and then replace it with the new one after that.
I was told to wear my elastics at night only right now i do the class ii elastics upper canine to second to last lower molar on both sides everything i read says wearing your elastics at night only will do nothing to move your teeth.
Jack has had to wear rubber bands at night and after school only so far.
I took them out 2 times a day to eat and i always wear them at.
The bracket is the square metal piece that is directly attached to the tooth.
For the most part your orthodontist will not tell you to remove the elastics.
When i had my invisalign i wore rubber bands at night only.
They can take some getting used to but don t give up so quickly.
Ok i am going to have this discussion with my ortho next time i go in but thought i would put this out to all you folks on this site.
We do not recommend you remove the elastics on your own even if it does make it feel better.
Typically the rubber band will attach from a bracket on the patient s top teeth to a lower bracket to help guide the alignment and position.
But how often do you have to change rubber bands for braces.
That is the big and most common question we often hear.
