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The reason a lot of us had gold chains is that when they expose your teeth and stick a bracket on them and cover them back up, your gums will react less to the gold, so its okay to cover that up.
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Your teeth, from what I understand, they exposed and LEFT exposed, so they don't have to be so picky with it.
If it doesn't feel like there's much tension, they may be starting you off that way. Next time, they will make it tighter, or you can tell them you're okay with making it tighter (though it will hurt!)--my ortho didn't want to hurt me sometimes, and would go easy on me, but a couple times I told him I was okay with a little more pain, I'd just take Advil.
Good luck!
Pam