Hi Kia! I'm glad your elastics aren't hurting much. The more you wear them the less they will hurt. As for time, it depends on how bad your cross bite is and how good your body responds. For my bite I wore elastics my entire time in treatment (24 months!) and I was very compliant I just had a far distance to go. Even if you do need to wear them for many months, it's not too terrible - the more you wear them, they will just become an easy part of your treatment and you'll be so used to them that you'll feel weird without them. Be as compliant as you can and that will help your teeth shift faster and therefore you will only have to wear your elastics for the fewest months possible. Good luck, you've got this!!!

Are you an adult or child? Class two malocclusion's are harder to achieve a stable correction if you are an adult. We even sometimes had adult patients still wear rubber bands once they were in their retainers to try to help keep the bite in the proper position. I actually did that for quite a while. If you feel like it is relapsing I would give your Orthodontist a call to discuss but it is likely that you could need to wear the elastics full-time for a bit longer.

Hello im a adult man wearin braces with headgear and rubber bands on my front top and bottom 24/7 im shy and im its imberesting in public will i ever get use t my braces and hardware hun?? Im 51 years old!!!​@@orthoeducator7574

I would double check with your doctor but if you were given one for during the day and one for night then I would wear the nighttime elastic when you sleep. Sometimes people are given two different size elastics, one for the right side and one for the left side so make sure that is not the case. Lastly, sometimes people are told only to wear one side at night and the other side both during the day and night. That is usually when one side bite is much worse than the other side so the elastic worn just at night is on the side that is not as off. Does this all makes sense? I know this will be a bit confusing. But I would say from what you have said above is that you should wear the one they told you to wear at night during the night time. It is not common that the Orthodontist would be telling you to double up on elastics and wear both the daytime and nighttime at the same time during the night. Let me know if you have other questions.

It most likely means that the majority or all of the movement for the bite correction has been accomplished and now you are simply holding it (by wearing your rubber bands just at night). This helps with the stability of the bite correction.

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You need to do what your orthodontist is recommending. If you’re only wearing it at night, that really just helps to maintain the movement that has been accomplished. If you’re still needing more bite correction, then you need to wear them as often as you can. Usually once you have created the habit it’s pretty easy. Good luck!

Talk with your orthodontist. Maybe you need a slightly bigger rubber band

For most people after meals or about four times per day is good - 8am, 1:30pm, 7:00pm, before bed. If you talk a lot for work or school then I’d change after those time. You’re trying to keep a constant force to achieve the movement and the elastics wear out as you open and close. Hope this helps!

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I hope your treatment is going well. Usually nighttime elastic wear is easy and should not effect your sleep or be upsetting

I promise you get used to it and it’s not as bad as it seems. A lot of people your age, whether you’re a teen or adult, will have braces with elastics. They really aren’t thaaat noticeable and honestly no one cares. If you are really compliant you won’t have to wear them for as many months because you’ll achieve the correction and have the best functioning bite. So if you can, try to be 100% compliant for as long as possible. On the other hand, if you know there is no way you will wear them full time then have that discussion with your orthodontist. That way you are not in your braces longer because your doc is waiting on your compliance and for your bite to correct when it never will without compliance. Or ask if there are any other options - remember you are on the same team and both you and your doc want you done with treatment meant asap

@@orthoeducator7574 thats exaclty what everyone told me about braces!😂 just wear'm for a year and a half and done, but here i am almoast two years after, being asked to put rubber bands in my mouth! Whats next?? Also why are none of these things fun?? Like if they told me i have to wear rubber bands, but! I also need to have orange juice before ans after every meal🤔 maybe then id be more inclined! Anyway... ill probably just them on...😔 im desperate to finnish this stuf...