Parts of Your Braces
The following diagram is meant to help you in identifying any problem you might have before you call our office.
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Braces (Appliances)
- Band the ring of metal that is glued onto the tooth.
- Bonded Bracket the attachment bonded directly to the tooth.
- Bracket the bracket part that is attached to the band.
- Archwire the removable wire that fits along the outside, into the bracket slots.
- Wire Ligature a tiny wire that holds the archwire into the bracket.
- Elastic Ligature small rubber "rings" that hold the archwire into the bracket.
- Hooks where you attach elastics (rubber bands).
- Head Gear Tube tube on the upper molars where a headgear fits.
- Elastics rubber elastics that you hook onto your braces yourself
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