There is a science and psychology of color and, you may be drawn to some colors over others depending on your unique personality traits. Patients choose their colors to match the clothes they’re wearing, to represent their favorite sports team, or to be festive and celebrate an upcoming holiday. The color of your braces is an important way to express yourself, show your creative side, and make wearing braces more fun than it otherwise might be. Nearly every time you visit your orthodontist and get your braces tightened, you’ll get new rubber bands, which means you have an opportunity to change up your color scheme multiple times over the life of your braces.
Many teens who wear traditional metal or clear braces embrace the opportunity to punch up their orthodontia with multi-colored rubber bands.