Ceramic Braces Grey Ligatures

You can request tie wires that do not stain at all.

Ceramic braces grey ligatures.

The small rubber or metal elastics more commonly called rubber bands that surround your braces are technically called elastic ligatures a ligature is used primarily to keep the archwire held into the slot on the bracket but they can also direct the teeth in a particular direction depending on the type of ligature used and how it is tied onto the tooth. The original ceramic braces did tend to stain especially if they were made with cheaper plastic. I ve heard that the clear ligatures that come with ceramic braces stain easily and was wondering if anyone could recommend colors that are still fairly. Staining of the elastic bands can be remedied easily by changing the bands by your orthodontist.

Changing to pink and clear ties or ligatures on my clear ceramic braces. You have 3 working parts in your ceramic braces. The ceramic braces of today do not have this problem. These ligatures can stain especially.

Try this at your own risk. Elastic ligatures or bands ceramic brackets and metal archwire. One of the reasons for wearing ceramic braces instead of the traditional metal ones is them being much less noticeable. In most cases both the brackets and the elastics on ceramic braces come in transparent or tooth colored colors.

These are used for both metal braces and ceramic braces. Ceramic appliances use essentially the same components as metal braces and achieve much the same results. I work with kids and will hopefully be attending grad school next fall so i wanted my teeth to not be too distracting. Links to ligatures pink.

This means the braces blend in with the teeth and are much less obvious from a distance. I m not a pro. I ve opted for ceramic braces on my top 6 teeth and metal on the rest.