Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:54 pm
I have the Thailands too Erica! They are super heavy duty ones. Lol, I am not sure they could get any stronger than these!
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Which elastics were you assigned to so far???
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:55 pm
chipmunks. my head, mouth, and jaw are killing me but i've been in braces for six years and really don't want to draw it out anymore by not wearing them.
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 7:58 pm
I just finished up with elastics last week. It feels so strange to not be wearing them anymore! My mouth feels too free without them!:)
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:59 am
Ooooh, I can join in now. I have Mainland Asian Elephant 6.5oz 1/8" Heavy 3.2mm and man are they strong and tiny little things.
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 5:02 am
3/16" medium force - they don't have a fancy name, but my ortho calls them "reds" as they are in a red bag. Presumably other sizes are in different coloured bags.
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:25 am
Karen, on the bag is says TP Orthodontics Inc and the brand is Tru-Force.
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:43 am
I had 5/16 Heavy for one month... that was before the summer... and now I'm in 1/4 heavy I think...I have to wear four of them in a lovely configuration call a intrama or something like that...
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:01 am
Ah, so THAT'S why there's a picture of a quail on my bag, because that denotes the different types of bands...I had been wondering about that. 
2B 3/16" 2 oz.
Not sure if that's heavy, or light, or what, but that's what the bag says.
2B 3/16" 2 oz.
Not sure if that's heavy, or light, or what, but that's what the bag says.
I have...............
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:11 am
Hi there, well I have had "Bummers" and right now I'm in "Debbies"
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Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 10:54 am
Gee, after reading all the names and animals I was feeling very left out. Nice to know there are others who don't get the cleverly-named elastics. I have 5/16", aka: "Blues" for the blue on the bag.
Anyone else find that the elastics are not real consistent in thickness? I find some that are practically as thin as a thread and others that are fairly hefty. The thicker ones definitely exert more force and I tend to search for them in hopes that they will accellerate the progress a little.
Anyone else find that the elastics are not real consistent in thickness? I find some that are practically as thin as a thread and others that are fairly hefty. The thicker ones definitely exert more force and I tend to search for them in hopes that they will accellerate the progress a little.
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:30 am
I'm currently wearing "South Americans."
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:27 pm
Am I the only one in Hawley-Russell elastics?
I've been mostly using the blue ones (3.5oz, 1/4"), but have also used green (3.5oz, 5/16") and red (3.5oz, 3/16").
I've been mostly using the blue ones (3.5oz, 1/4"), but have also used green (3.5oz, 5/16") and red (3.5oz, 3/16").
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 1:33 pm
I've had 3M Elliot and now Fred
Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 4:28 pm
Right now I have West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus, blue), Heavy, size 5/16, 7.9mm.
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:10 am
I just started elastics and PC and oh my god this hurts so bad!!! Back to soft foods for a couple of days..but anywho..I have Monkey elastics and they are the very lightest elastics that he had in which i have to wear them 24hrs a day and change them once a day.