What are the common types of braces?
1, metal support
Advantages: the price is cheaper.
The orthodontic speed is fast, and the orthodontist has strong maneuverability;
The bracket itself is small in size, high in strength and not easy to be damaged;
Disadvantages: it is necessary to fix the appliance with archwire, which may scratch your mouth if you are not careful.
Not pretty.
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2. Metal self-locking strap
Self-ligating brackets use locking pieces instead of traditional ligating wires.
Advantages: avoiding the damage of the end of the ligating wire to the soft tissue, increasing the freedom of the arch wire in the groove, reducing the friction and accelerating the tooth movement.
In the process of orthodontic treatment, oral hygiene has been well controlled, which is beneficial to the health of periodontal tissue and shortens the operation time of each follow-up visit.
The bracket is smaller in size and more comfortable and natural to wear.
Disadvantages: the doctor's operability is small.
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3. Semi-invisible braces
The bracket color of ceramic bracket appliance itself is similar to that of teeth, which can basically meet the aesthetic requirements and is durable and not easy to deform.
Advantages: strong adhesion, not easy to fall off;
Semi-invisible effect, high aesthetics and good concealment.
Disadvantages: Bite hard objects, too hard, the bracket will break.
In the process of tooth movement, the friction force is greater than that of metal brackets, and the moving speed is relatively slow.
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4. invisible braces
Advantages: both aesthetic and corrective performance are taken into account, the oral soft tissue is almost non-irritating and comfortable, and patients can take it off by themselves, and the appliance can be taken off when brushing teeth and eating, without affecting eating and oral cleaning.
The teeth are balanced and soft, so the tooth pain is relieved during treatment.
Vision therapy can predict the therapeutic effect before treatment; ? The interval between follow-up visits is longer.
Disadvantages: the demanders have high self-discipline, and the corrective effect cannot be achieved if they don't wear orthotics on time.
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Generally speaking, the cost of invisible braces is higher than that of metal braces, the price of self-locking braces is higher than that of non-self-locking braces, and the cost of imported braces is higher than that of domestic braces.