Dental Braces - Clinic Viva

It is advised to go for teeth straightening procedure if you have crooked teeth that is holding you back from smiling or interfering with your eating habits. Most people who need dental braces get them during their teenage years but now adults can also benefit from wearing braces to improve the appearance of their teeth.

Dental braces are wire-based appliances, used by orthodontists to correct crowded and misaligned teeth or jaws. The main goal of using dental braces is to properly align your teeth to make the alignment even. It is also a corrective treatment if you have overcrowded teeth or too much space between the teeth. Braces are also useful to fix jaw misalignment.

Types of braces:

• Damon Braces: Damon braces are self-ligating appliances that are used to correct malocclusion in the dentition. In this procedure, the wires are attached to the brackets to more naturally with the teeth as they realign.
• Lingual Braces: These are the traditional metal brackets with different positions. These braces are advised for those who do not have excessive bite problems and have sufficient teeth to allow its placement.
• Metal braces: This is a traditional and the most common orthodontic treatment option, made up of stainless steel and rarely in combination with titanium.
• Ceramic braces: This is an aesthetic substitute to the traditional brackets for conscious patients. These include colored brackets placed on the buccal surface of the tooth.