Referee Law and Legal Definition. A referee, in a legal context, is a person to whom a judge refers a case to investigate the facts of a case and examine evidence and report to the court on such findings. A referee is often an attorney that acts as a judicial hearing officer for certain types of cases.
The Role of Rubber Bands in Braces. The purpose of rubber bands in orthodontic treatments is to put pressure on the teeth in a specific direction or âvectorâ to help make them straighter. Rubber bands can also be used to correct and overbite or an under bite.
Besides the larger rubber bands just described to help move the bite, smaller elastics are also used for braces. These tiny rubber bands are used to hold the wire into the brackets (as shown below) and are what most people talk about when they choose colors for their braces.