Dental braces
Dental braces are wires that are held together by brackets glued to the permanent teeth. The wires and brackets may be made of metal or other materials. Each week or month (or other time the orthodontist decides) the braces may be checked, cleaned, or changed into a tighter wire.
Braces are an orthodontic device. They are to make the teeth straight, and to correct problems in a person's bite. There are many natural problems which occur to the way teeth fit together, but not everyone needs or will need braces.
However, the use of braces is quite common, even when they are not medically necessary. Their cosmetic use for young females is more common in countries with first world economies. To overcome the visibility of traditional metal braces, there are now nearly transparent braces. Sometimes braces are possible behind the teeth, and so are not in view.[1]
Dental Braces Media
Dental braces on lower and upper jaw.
Transparent Bracket
Upper and Lower Jaw Functional Expanders
A patient's teeth are prepared for the application of braces.
Dental braces, with a transparent power chain, removed after completion of treatment.
Young Colombian man during an adjustment visit for his orthodontics
Hawley retainers are the most common type of retainers. This picture shows retainers for the top and bottom of the mouth.
Full orthodontic headgear with head cap, fitting straps, facebow and elastics
Old Braces at a museum in Jbeil, Lebanon
Portrait of Fauchard from his 1728 edition of "The Surgical Dentist".
Notes
- ↑ Teeth brace ideas. [1] Archived 2014-09-09 at the Wayback Machine
