It depends on your individual needs. For some people, this can happen in several months and for others, it could take a year. For the best results, Dr. Kothari usually has patients wear them all day, every day, taking them out only to brush and floss, eat and change them.
Their effectiveness is completely based on compliance. DO wear them about 23 hours a day, seven days a week taking them out to brush, floss, eat or wear a mouthguard unless otherwise instructed. DO bring some extra rubber bands along with you in case one breaks or gets lost.
If this happens, always replace both rubber bands to ensure equal tension on either side of your mouth. Moving the teeth with orthodontic treatment involves biological forces and too much pressure can cause serious harm and potentially damage the roots of your teeth.
Treatment is customized to your mouth and we use a specific type of rubber band. Make Spring the Season you finally get braces! Yet, here and there, you could have a very minor issue such as:. Any discomfort will be extremely minor. If necessary, you can take an over-the-counter pain reliever, like Tylenol. A broken or missing rubber band — Should an elastic pop off or break, replace both of the rubber bands with new ones.
Personally for me I didn't have to use rubber bands for very long, maybe a few months? PeasantAbuse said:. This, you really just have to follow what your Ortho recommends because if you take days off your teeth will settle back and it just adds to the time you'll have to keep them.
Also I wouldn't worry too much about the social aspects, I had braces as an adult and it was never an issue. I had braces for about 2 years and had rubber bands for probably a good year or so, they really aren't so bad after a while, to be honest. I had braces for about a year and a half, and i had elastics for the majority of it, i would usually get different ones in different places each appointment.
It's pretty situational though, there's not really a set time for it to take. ProfessorEss : I had one of my upper front teeth the sharper ones that look the most like a fang way up further than the rest of the teeth, and the shape of my upper teeth was starting to move into a concave shape.
And a crossbite. Definitely obey whatever your doctor's directions are, it will make the total time you have hardware in your mouth pass as quickly as it can. I had a friend in high school who needed to wear the elastic bands and she decided to "speed up" the process by using 2 bands on each side. How many quarters do you think your rubber band will be able to comfortably support? The exact number of quarters you need will depend on the size and strength of your rubber band.
You want the rubber band to visibly stretch out when you hang the quarters from it but not so much that it hits the bottom of the bottle. A strong rubber band may require more quarters, a weaker rubber band may require fewer. You can try spreading the quarters out to make them easier to hang—for example, two stacks of 10 taped next to one another or four stacks of five taped next to one another—instead of one big stack of 20 quarters.
Place your two-liter bottle into a shallow bowl or pan to catch any water that spills. Fill the bottle up to the pencil with hot tap water so the rubber band is completely submerged. Wait a minute or two for the rubber band to come to the same temperature as the water. What do you think might happen to the length of the rubber band? Look at the bottle from the side so that your eyes are level with the bottom of the rubber band.
Use a permanent marker to draw a line on the side of the bottle that is even with the bottom of the rubber band, and label it "hot. This will cause the water level to rise, so some water will spill out of the holes you poked for the pencil. If the water is still very hot, the ice cubes may melt quickly.
Continue adding ice cubes and stirring gently until the bottle and water feels very cold. What do you think will happen to the length of the rubber band at this new temperature?
Look at the side of the bottle again, so your eyes are level with the bottom of the rubber band. Draw a new line that is even with the bottom of the rubber band and label it "cold. Is this what you expected to happen? Why or why not? Extra: You can quantify the activity by using a thermometer to measure the different water temperatures and a ruler to measure the lengths of the rubber band.
If you take measurements at multiple points for example, hot water, room-temperature water, ice water , then you can make a graph of your results. Extra: Try other methods of heating and cooling instead of using hot and cold water.
For example, pour the water out of the bottle, and heat the rubber band with a hair dryer. Then to cool it, try leaving the bottle in your refrigerator for about half an hour. Do you get the same results when you measure the rubber band? Extra: Try the activity again with different rubber bands. Do some shrink or lengthen more or less than others? Why do you think that is?
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