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Is it okay to wear rubber bands on only one side when it should be both?

April 28, 2018
Asked By:dukea2 in Hawaii, HI

One of my buttons for the rubber bands fell out. Is it okay to keep wearing a rubber band on only one side or should I wait to get the missing one replaced? In other words, if I only wore the rubber band on one side (when it should be both), would it mess with the corrections of my overbite?

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