Question about elastics - HELP!
Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 5:12 pm
Hi, I am 40 yrs old and do not yet have braces, however I have a quadhelix appliance. My ortho glued some brackets on the outside of my upper molars and on the inside of my lower molars. She is trying to widen my teeth and at the last visit she put elastics on (the right side only) attaching them to the upper/outer teeth and running the elastic to the inside of the lower teeth to try and pull the bottom teeth out. First of all, has anyone had this done?
I always thought elastics were used on the outer top to outer bottom, sometimes crossways, etc. The second problem is that by having the elastics on one side only it pulls my lower jaw because there is no counter balance on the other side. I hope I am explaining this well, because I am hoping this is a common practice that works. Please help? Thanks
I always thought elastics were used on the outer top to outer bottom, sometimes crossways, etc. The second problem is that by having the elastics on one side only it pulls my lower jaw because there is no counter balance on the other side. I hope I am explaining this well, because I am hoping this is a common practice that works. Please help? Thanks