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

dukea2Apr 28, 2018
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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Dr. Benjamin J. Taylor, DMD
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Answered on Apr 30, 2018
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