In our office we use self-ligating brackets called DAMON, which are widespread and in our opinion they are definitely the best. Modern self-ligating brackets cause less friction between a bracket and wire than brackets with elastics, which makes the treatment easier and can make it faster up to 30%.
Little friction of brackets together with other features of Damon system allow us (in most cases) to straighten the teeth without pulling some teeth out.
Advantages of DAMON system compared to traditional brackets with elastics:
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up to one third faster treatment
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less often necessary to pull out teeth
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wider and modern smile
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fuller profile of lips after treatment
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brackets are rounded and more comfortale than traditional brackets
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white ceramic brackets won't turn yellow, they will stay white for the whole time of the treatment
Damon brackets are available both in metal and ceramic design. Even ceramic Damon brackets don't need elastics holding a wire in the bracket and that's why they can't turn yellow. Elastics used with traditional ceramic brackets will change their colour just after a few weeks between visits. They will turn yellow (curry), brown (smoking, coffee), red (wine) or green (mojito) depending on food and drinks they come into contact with.