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Wearing elastic on braces
My orthodontic doctor said to me to wear elastic on my braces. How to wear elastic on braces using fingers only?
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It’s quite easy . All you need to do is engage the elastic with one hook from behind and then taking it all the way to the other hook from front.You can ask your dentist to demonstrate it once.
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Engage the elastic onto the bracket hook whichever is behind first and then pull it over to engage the bracket hook in the front.
Next Steps
Change elastics everyday
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Use mirror and practice until you master it
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Dr. Priya Verma
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You must ask your dentist to shoot to you once so that you can do it properly
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