What color ligatures should I get???

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Bekah
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#16 Post by Bekah »

I have not personally tried it. But they are really pretty when you see them in person! On of the assistants had them and they looked good on her!
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#17 Post by beth1966 »

*melissa* wrote:Get periwinkle for ceramic and silver for metal. Thats what I have. They do not stain and are invisible... see my story, I have pics of them! :D
Do most brands of ligs come in periwinkle? I checked our your pics and you don't see them at all!! I thought periwinkle was purple or lavendar?
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#18 Post by *melissa* »

I need to ask my ortho what brand of ceramics I have as I am not sure, but I am thinking most ortho's would have that lig color...
I too, thought periwinkle was a lavander color, but the color is soo light you can't even notice it, and it blends right in with your tooth color. I freaked out when the assistant suggested it, she showed me and it looked like it would be a very noticeable color. But she put them on and I was pleasantly suprised and happy!!! :D
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#19 Post by beth1966 »

Well they obviously work great because they look awesome in your pics!

I am surprised that they don't stain though if they are that light in color?
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#20 Post by *melissa* »

No staining yet... the assistant said if they do happen to stain, they will turn a light pearl color...which isn't bad at all... :)
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#21 Post by beth1966 »

I hope my ortho has periwinkle ligs! :)
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#22 Post by erikamsu2006 »

I have tooth colored ligatures because I do a lot of presentations at work. At my next adjustment I will try the grey or silver ligatures.
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#23 Post by beth1966 »

erikamsu2006 wrote:I have tooth colored ligatures because I do a lot of presentations at work. At my next adjustment I will try the grey or silver ligatures.
My ortho offers the tooth colored ones - do you plan to try grey or silver beccause you are finding the tooth colored ligs stain as well?
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Light Blue

#24 Post by TEXLADY »

I have metal braces (and am middle-aged) and began with the silver ligs which blended with the metal. Only problem I saw was that if I lost a lig - I couldn't tell because it all blended in. Last time I got light blue so I could see if anything was missing but another good thing is that they just aren't that noticeable and for some reason my teeth look a bit whiter now that I have switched to blue (my teeth are a rather dingy yellow but I plan to bleach them when I am through with treatment).
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