Another searched phrase that got you into our site: “elastic ligatures colours” We are talking here about the elastic ligatures that are worn on the regular metal braces and some ceramics. The self-ligating braces don’t have these anymore. The colours may vary: some use bright colours to make their metal-mouth look a bit funnier, while others try [...]
Thursday, May 15, 2008
“is damon braces really better than regular braces” this was the actual phrase in one of our visitor’s search. The fast answer: YES they are better. Before I list again the benefits of having Damon braces, please read the 2 articles that detail how the 2 orthondontic systems work: Metal braces - with ligatures Damon braces - [...]
Monday, May 12, 2008
As I mentioned before in another article, the metal braces can be of 2 main categories: the braces with brackets that have their own system to connect to the archwire (self-ligating) and the ones that need ligatures to do this. This article will present the self-ligating bracket braces; the best known being the Damon braces. These [...]
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Orthodontics is many times related to those “metal mouth” looks the patients have got. One of the “classical” ways to work on this treatment is to wear metal braces. These can have 2 systems to keep the brackets “closed”: by using elastic ligatures or by having the brackets “close” themselves through a new system. The [...]
Friday, May 9, 2008
If we turn back time and try to take a trip 20-30 years ago, we can clearly see how orthodontic braces would look like: we all have the image of that teenager with metal braces, smiling and feeling complexed because of his/her metal mouth look. The “nerd” or “geek” who has eyeglasses and those braces that [...]
Thursday, May 29, 2008
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