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Ligatures come off the brace while eating sticky foods

Small round donut shaped elastic ligatures are used to keep the wire and brace together (in the following image, they are light blue). If sticky foods are eaten, they can partially or completely come off the brace.
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Using small tweezers, they can be put back around the brace
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Mark J. Weisenberg, D.D.S., M.S.
A Dental Corporation
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