Braces Rubber Bands Triangle Purpose

A 30 year old female asked.

Braces rubber bands triangle purpose.

Which are the official name for rubber bands for braces. When we apply force bone on one side of a tooth dissolves away while new bone is laid down on. Suppose your one of your canine isn t touching your opposite tooth or plane where all teeth take a bite. The braces themselves help straighten your teeth while the rubber bands used with braces help to straighten and align your bite.

The medicine we use in orthodontics is force. The triangle elastics help bridge your upper and lower teeth to form a more perfect smile and a proper bite. To this end braces have several parts that work together. I m wondering what is the purpose of rubber bands for braces.

Bands for an underbite will start forward on the lower jaw close to the front teeth and stretch up and back to the upper molars. These type 3 rubber band for braces are the exact opposite for an overbite and may be called class 3 elastics. This helps pull the jaw back so the chin does not stick out as far. That means there is an open bite.

Just when i thought the pain of the braces was a thing of the past i was introduced to a new instrument of torture the elastics. V shaped or triangle elastic is used for the correction of a canine tooth. Triangle rubber bands for braces. Rubber bands can also be used to correct and overbite or an under bite.

Aiding vertical tooth movement with triangle elastics on the other hand box elastics hook up to two teeth up top and two teeth on the bottom. This will help move the teethes angles so that they are straighter when you smile. The purpose of braces of course is to straighten your smile so that you re happier and more confident with it. The typical triangle elastic hooks to one tooth on the top and two on the bottom in a you guessed it triangle fashion.

52 years experience in orthodontics.