Ceramic bracket question

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#1 Post by **Mantis** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 8:43 pm

For those of you that have ceramic brackets... Did your ortho do all your teeth in ceramic brackets or just the front teeth and use metal for the back brackets?

I only have my top arch braced and have ceramic brackets, my lower arch gets braced at the end of summer/early fall. My ortho only used 6 ceramic brackets and then metal for the remaining 4 brackets. Looking at pictures on here it seems as if everyone that has ceramic brackets has all ceramic brackets. I guess every ortho does things a bit different, are there other people out there with ceramics only in front?

#2 Post by **Natalie** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 9:42 pm

yes there are, not me personally as i have full metal but KK for one i believe has what you're talking about.

#3 Post by **GinaLime** » Thu Jul 05, 2007 11:34 pm

I have ceramic uppers, and only my front six teeth actually have ceramic brackets (metal in the back). I don't mind since the back teeth can't be seen. So it's not at all uncommon!

#4 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 9:51 am

I smile really big all the time, so you can see most of my brackets. You can look at my WWW link and see pictures of how many ceramics I have and how many metals.

#5 Post by **jennielee81** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 10:31 am

I had only my upper front 6 ceramic (Opals). The rest of the top and all of the bottom were metal.

Here's a picture:

#6 Post by **Amburly** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:38 pm

I too have 6 ceramic ones in the front top and then the rest are metal. I could have had 8 on top but my expander had to have four bands and the front two are where the ceramic ones would be placed.

#7 Post by **Dimples** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:13 pm

I have 10 ceramic brackets and 1 metal on my upper arch, with 2 metal buccal tubes.

#8 Post by **Thathrill** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 1:58 pm

i have 8 ceramic brackets on the upper and lower. then 2 buccal tubes on each side (upper/lower) after that.

#9 Post by **Sweetie** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 4:41 pm

Hi
My ortho told me he was going to use ceramic in my 6 front top and metal in the rest, but I ask him if he could do it in my front 8 instead and he agreed without a problem.

#10 Post by **Jennine** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 6:58 pm

I have the back / lower with metal and the top and front bottem only ceramic. He wanted all metal but I protested. I guess he compromised.

#11 Post by **Samantha19** » Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:34 pm

I have braces only on my top teeth and all of the brackets on my top teeth are ceramic. Only in the way back on each side do I have metal.

#12 Post by **Ravishing** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 8:52 am

I have 6 ceramic on the top and everything else is metal.

#13 Post by **mikecl** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 3:49 pm

Other than the two metal molar bands, all of my brackets on the upper arch are ceramic.

Lower brace goes on this Friday and as far as I know these will all be ceramic as well

Cheers

Mike

#14 Post by **Samantha19** » Sat Jul 07, 2007 9:53 pm

So, what you're saying is that not all of the brackets are ceramic

I guess what I mean is the majority except 2, one on each side that the archwire is anchoring into.

#15 Post by **Samantha19** » Sun Jul 08, 2007 11:29 am

I was just teasing, of course

Oh ok.

Sorry about that. I was just in a bad mood because of something else and I probably read it wrong.