dental braces
Mouth metal hardware
Dental braces are metal or ceramic devices attached to teeth to gradually straighten them or correct bite problems.
The framework of brackets, wires, and bands applies steady pressure over months or years.
Often shortened to braces: I had braces in middle school.
The singular brace refers to other supportive devices.
- retainersUpfront professional fees
- overbiteExcessive incisor overlap
- elasticsStretchable binding loops
- springsCoils, sources, or leaps
- debondingLoss of adhesion
crossbite · brackets · spacers · ceramic · ligatures · orthodontics · hooks · jaw alignment · gap teeth · straightening · before and after · rubber bands · crowding · protrusion · headgear · expander · teenager · awkward phase
- straighteningunbending, uncoiling, uncurling, unfolding, untwisting
dental appliance function
dental bracesmouthguard
Protective dental insert
tooth extraction · dentures · dental implants · tooth whitening