The positioner will prohibit you from speaking while you are actually wearing it. There is no reason why you should need to wear it outside of your
home and therefore your positioner should not cause you any embarrassment. We suggest that if you must communicate while wearing your positioner, that you write messages down for family members and friends to
read. Speaking while wearing your positioner will not permit your teeth to settle into their proper positions.The positioner is to be worn according to the following schedule. Please do not
deviate from this schedule without direct instructions from Dr. Heller. The first few weeks you will wear your positioner for four hours a day plus all night. You may break up these four hours into
forty-five minute segments if you wish. Any times less than forty-five minutes will not count toward the needed four hours of daytime wear.
After this initial period, you will be asked to wear your positioner
for three hours a day plus all night. Again, the daytime hours do not need to be consecutive and they may be broken down into forty-five minute segments. This period of wear will last for six weeks.
After this period of time, you will be asked to wear your positioner for two hours a day plus all night. Again, the daytime hours do not need to be consecutive and they may be broken down into forty-five minute
segments. This period of wear will last for eight weeks.
After this period of time, you will be asked to wear your positioner for one hour a day plus all night. This period of wear will last for
eight weeks.
Finally, you will be asked to wear your positioner only at night.
