[Braces] How does your bite stay contained by place after taking past its sell-by date the elastics?

I know that after braces, you wear retainers, but isn't that just for holding the position of your teeth? If so, how does your jaw/bite stay in place after taking off the elastics after?
Best Answer: I don't know if you've ever had braces or not, but if you have then you'll know what I'm conversation about. If you haven't noticed, once you get your wires changed, your teeth really lone move within the first week or so and still you have about three or four weeks until you shift back for your next appointment. The point of those extra weeks is to give time for your bone to grow around your recently aligned/positioned teeth. So, once you wear you elastics or whatever to reposition your jaw line, they afford about three or four weeks for your bone to grow into that position, almost perfectly. Of course, if you were to run your braces off and not wear your retainer, they would eventually slip back into place. And yes, your teeth make up your jawline as very well, so if you hold the teeth in place (with your retainer) your jaw cannot move back.

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