Changing to pink and clear ties or ligatures on my clear ceramic braces.
Best ligature color for ceramic braces.
The orthodontist bonds a clear ceramic bracket to the tooth surface and attaches ligatures tiny rubber bands to thin metal archwires to realign the teeth.
Ligature color recommendations on ceramic braces.
Ceramic brackets are are usually more expensive than traditional metal brackets.
Links to ligatures pink.
You have 3 working parts in your ceramic braces.
You can request tie wires that do not stain at all.
The ceramic brackets themselves resist picking up color from food or drink but the bonding glue and the rubber bands that connect the braces will turn color if you re not careful.
In spring mint green petal pink and robin s egg.
Elastic ligatures or bands ceramic brackets and metal archwire.
I m a 25 year old woman getting braces for the second time in a few weeks.
The clear or white ligatures little elastics that hold the arch wire to the brackets can stain which defeats esthetics of the ceramic braces.
One of the reasons for wearing ceramic braces instead of the traditional metal ones is them being much less noticeable.
Treatment can take a few months longer in ceramic.
I ve opted for ceramic braces on my top 6 teeth and metal on the rest.
But those are changed at your monthly adjustment.
Try this at your own risk.
In most cases both the brackets and the elastics on ceramic braces come in transparent or tooth colored colors.
Like with metal braces one can choose to wear colorful elastic ties on the tooth colored brackets.
Staining of the elastic bands can be remedied easily by changing the bands by your orthodontist.