Self-ligating Medal Braces

1. Self-ligating medal braces

Orthodontics with self-ligating braces is innovated from traditional metal braces. The brackets are designed so that a small spring-loaded door closes over the arch wire, locking the wire into place against the brackets without the use of rubber bands. It ensures continuous orthodontics and eliminates the situation of slacken or unexpected undone bands.

Orthodontics with self-ligating braces is innovated from traditional metal braces.

2. Indication

Person who has uneven teeth affecting eating function or feeling unconfident in communication.
Person who has overbite (class II) or crossbite (class III) of mild and moderate severity.

Person who has deep overbite or crossbite which the bone has developed a deviation (underdevelopment or overdevelopment) that orthodontic treatment cannot compensate should choose braces combined with cosmetic jaw surgery.

3. Traditional metal braces – old but never outdated

Nowadays, dentists can give you a confident smile with shiny teeth in just one week with all-ceramic restorations or porcelain veneers; however, there are some advice before choosing these methods:

If you are afraid of much real teeth grinding or sensitive feeling, all-ceramic dental restorations are not a good choice.
If your teeth are too displaced, it is not possible to perform a porcelain veneer restoration because we cannot tooth grinding too much (average 0.3 – 0.5mm). This is not enough to adjust the tooth shaft.

So, why orthodontics with metal braces is “old but never out of date”?

It takes about 1.5-2 years to complete metal braces orthodontic because the dentist can move teeth only 1mm per month. If moving more, it causes problems. A common question is “is it worth spending about 2 years on orthodontic braces?”. For those who want to have a beautiful smile with even and natural teeth, the answer will be “Yes”; however, it will be “No” for those who want to save time.
Orthodontics is considered the most complicated technique in dental procedures because it requires deep knowledge of the jawbone development mechanism, the physiological recovery mechanism, the physical principles for rotating teeth…
With modern dental trend towards “minimally invasive”, though technology has allowed to create artificial teeth, there will still be a large number of patients who have the opinion that “natural beauty is the most enduring beauty”. Therefore, orthodontic braces will never be outdated.

4. Comparison of self-ligating metal brace orthodontics and traditional metal brace orthodontics

Advantages of orthodontic self-ligating metal braces:

Limiting the situation of loosening to ensure that the orthodontic process keep continuously
High orthodontic efficiency: helping dentists control the force acting on the teeth, performing difficult orthodontic cases, shortening orthodontic time.

However, the biggest disadvantage of metal braces is the lack of aesthetics, causing discomfort to the patient.