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No... rubber bands are a mandatory part of the process.

There are actually a few types of braces. Depends on the orthodontist you go to. Some will use the old fashioned technique (the metal covers your whole tooth and the entire thing gets tightened every visit) but the one I go to uses a more modern technique (using special glue to put little hooks on each tooth, put rubber bands on if necessary, then the actual wire, and the coverings). The modern one is much less painful, but unfortunately, I don’t think it’s that common.