WHAT ARE SELF-LIGATING BRACES?
Self-ligating braces or automatic braces are an improved orthodontic method compared to the traditional braces methods before. This method is currently chosen by many people because of its outstanding advantages: no need for elastic bands, faster braces time, easier cleaning, higher aesthetics.
Traditional metal braces use a system of brackets, archwires and elastic bands to fix the teeth to create traction to help the teeth move. However, after a period of use, the elastic bands can easily fall off or lose elasticity, affecting the patient’s treatment process.
To overcome this disadvantage, the automatic braces method was born. Replace all elastic bands with a bracket system with flexible opening and closing pins, helping to fix the archwire in the bracket slot. The archwires can slide freely in the bracket slot, helping to maintain a more stable force, especially the friction force is reduced to the maximum
TYPES OF SELF-LIGATING BRACES
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF SELF-LIGATING BRACES
Both self-ligating braces methods have their own advantages and disadvantages that patients can refer to in the comparison table below:
1. Self-ligating metal braces:
- The metal bracket and wire system is designed to be sturdy, helping to effectively correct teeth in many cases, including severely misaligned teeth.
- The metal bracket and wire are effective in preventing adhesion, and are not prone to staining, making cleaning easier.
- Self-locking metal braces can shorten treatment time by 4-6 months.
- Self-ligating metal braces are not aesthetically pleasing because the brackets are still visible on the teeth.
- Metal braces can easily scratch the cheeks, lips, and gums. Or cause irritation to people with metal allergies
- Causes discomfort, discomfort, and tight lips when talking.
2. Self-ligating ceramic braces
- Brace made from ceramic material with the same color as the tooth color, compact design, so it has outstanding advantages in terms of aesthetics.
- Self-ligating ceramic braces have a sophisticated bracket design, rounded edges, ensuring the safest and most comfortable orthodontic process for patients, limiting friction on the edges of the braces causing pain or bleeding of the gums and tongue.
- Ceramic material is benign, does not cause irritation and is very safe for the body.
- Self-ligating ceramic braces are much more expensive than traditional braces.
- Ceramic material is easily broken when there is a strong impact.
- Treatment time will be longer than braces with metal braces.
- If not cleaned properly, ceramic braces are easily discolored.
CÁC TRƯỜNG HỢP NÊN NIỀNG RĂNG
BRACES PROCESS AT BEDENTAL
Step 1: Examination and X-ray
Step 2: Taking dental impressions and planning treatment
Step 3: Attaching braces
Step 4: Monitoring tooth movement
Step 5: Removing braces and wearing retainers
ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT BRACES
BRACES PRICE LIST AT BEDENTAL
COMPARISON TABLE OF BRACES
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