Metal braces are made of a variety of materials: nickel cadmium, nickel gong, pure titanium, titanium gold, gold palladium, gold foil and so on.
Ordinary metal braces are mainly made of metal brackets, which have smooth surface, compact size, strong durability, accurate grooves, well-made, which help the teeth to be perfectly aligned, and the unique rounded edge of the bracket reduces the adverse stimulation to the oral mucosa, and is moderately priced.
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Other kinds of material braces:
1, porcelain teeth
Porcelain teeth is porcelain powder after high temperature sintering fused to the surface of the metal crown and the formation of a full crown restoration. Porcelain teeth are currently the most clinically used full crown restorations, both cast metal crowns with good mechanical strength and all-ceramic crowns aesthetic advantages, is a more ideal restorations.
2, self-ligating braces
3M self-ligating brackets are improved on the basis of the traditional orthodontic brackets, and are designed to be different from the more clinically used square arch brackets, straight arch brackets, lingual orthodontic appliances, as well as invisible orthodontic appliances.
It is able to lock the arch wire, and the arch wire does not need to be ligated, it can be fixed by mechanical special spring plate, there is no problem of ligated rubber ring aging and power decay phenomenon, and its low friction helps to realize the light force orthodontic treatment.
3, no bracket braces
No bracket invisible orthodontic technology, is the use of polymer materials made of transparent orthodontic appliances, changing the traditional orthodontic process of "steel wire, iron teeth" situation, can be in the state of no wire, no bracket to complete the orthodontic.
This method can wear braces to straighten teeth without affecting the aesthetics, and can be taken off by themselves, so that the treatment of the teeth in the unknowing correction, to restore the normal maxillofacial morphology, to truly satisfy the needs of the people to correct the teeth without affecting the aesthetics.
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