The total treatment time is lengthened as it takes longer with ceramic as they can't put as much strain on the teeth.
NOT always true - I met with many orthos prior to treatment and not ONE said ceramic brackets would increase my treatment time.
>Ceramic brackets break easier which also lengthens treatment time. I've broken 3 brackets and each time had to wait over a week for a new individual bracket to be shipped from america as the orthos don't keep them in stock due to the cost of them.
ALSO not always true!! Many people NEVER break a ceramic bracket!
and for those who live in the USA, if they do break a bracket most orthos keep them in stock.
>The worse thing is from an aesthetic point of view I actually believe they look worse than metal braces as the clear bands stain so easily so they only look clear the first 2 or 3 days after getting them changed. No matter what you eat they will stain so you then spend the next 6--8 weekks until the next change looking like you have a very brown dirty mouth and teeth.
This might be true IF you have brackets that require LIGATURES. And it depends on what color ligature you choose. However, if your ortho offers self ligating brackets that do NOT require ligatures - then there is no staining! The bracket itself does not stain - it is the ligature (little rubber band that goes around each bracket) that stains.
>And the final thing I think is that people have commented to me that they stare more as it looks like something is wrong with my mouth and they can't immediatey see what,whereas if I had metal braces they wouldhave just looked once and seen it was obvious and probably never noticed again!
It is ashame you are unhappy with your braces. Whenever I see someone with ceramics on - I think they look great. Metals are dark and on some look great too - but I've never seen someone with ceramics look like something is wrong with their mouth.
>I really wish I had knew about some of these before making my choice, Idon't know if any of this will be a help to you but I found my private ortho was very keen to push me into this choice due to the extra money he makes for it but every NHS ortho/orthognathic person I have seen since tell me how much people usually regret the choice/how much extra work it makes for them.
That is very unfortunate that an ortho pushes someone into a choice to make more money when in affect others claim it causes more work.
Sounds very counter productive.
I'd be curious to hear if they offer self ligating brackets in the country you live. So sorry you are unhappy with your choice - just pointing out to others, that there are many factors that affect this choice such as traditional brackets with ligatures as you describe vs. self ligating without ligs.
