Ceramic Braces Grey Ligatures

You have 3 working parts in your ceramic braces.

Ceramic braces grey ligatures.

One of the reasons for wearing ceramic braces instead of the traditional metal ones is them being much less noticeable. These are used for both metal braces and ceramic braces. 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. I ve opted for ceramic braces on my top 6 teeth and metal on the rest.

Ceramic appliances use essentially the same components as metal braces and achieve much the same results. These ligatures can stain especially. The original ceramic braces did tend to stain especially if they were made with cheaper plastic. I m not a pro.

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. Links to ligatures pink. 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.

The ceramic braces of today do not have this problem. You can request tie wires that do not stain at all. However the wire on braces is normally held in place with little rubber bands called ligatures. Changing to pink and clear ties or ligatures on my clear ceramic braces.

Elastic ligatures or bands ceramic brackets and metal archwire. The difference is that the material used for the brackets is a clear or tooth colored ceramic. In most cases both the brackets and the elastics on ceramic braces come in transparent or tooth colored colors.