for tose of you with clear/ceramic braces...

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#1 Post by **Dimples** » Tue May 29, 2007 5:14 pm

did you have a choice when it came to archwires???
Did you have a choice for either silver,gold or white coated? Or was there even any other option besides silver?

#2 Post by **Tin Indian** » Tue May 29, 2007 7:52 pm

A while back I had gold arch wires instead of the silver ones. I have silver now but ortho says I can go back to gold provided they have the size required to do the job. He offers gold braces as well but the gold wires come in limited sizes and therefore can't be changed as often as the silver wires. I liked the look of gold wires at the time but I'll stick with the silver ones for now.

#3 Post by **lionfish** » Tue May 29, 2007 8:21 pm

Only "silver" wires here. I don't mind really.

#4 Post by **Thathrill** » Wed May 30, 2007 12:09 am

I have ceramic uppers and lowers and both archwires are coated "white" to match my teeth and brackets. I don't recall being offered many options. The main question I was asked was do I want metal or "clear". I opted for the clear and the ortho did the rest

#5 Post by **neelie** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:45 am

I have ceramic braces on top. The first wire was silver. At the first two adjustments they put in a teflon coated wire. Now I'm told the stronger wires don't come with teflon coating so I'm back to the silver.

#6 Post by **Dimples** » Wed May 30, 2007 7:25 am

Thanks for responding!
This is all new to me....so archwires range in different sizes? So I guess the stronger the archwire, the more pressure on the teeth right. So they start you off with a certain size archwire, then at each adjustment the archwires get bigger and stronger to produce more movement,right???

Also, what is the purpose of heat activated wires?

#7 Post by **Miss Smiley** » Wed May 30, 2007 11:14 am

I didn't get an option besides regular silver looking wires. It's really not that bad where I wish I had white/tooth colored wires.

#8 Post by **Clairey Fairey** » Wed May 30, 2007 5:23 pm

Miss Smiley wrote:I didn't get an option besides regular silver looking wires. It's really not that bad where I wish I had white/tooth colored wires.

Same, although I like the silver. I've heard that having the white wire can actully draw more attention to your teeth, coz people can see there something there (if they're close), its not obvious its a brace so they stare more to try to see what it is!!

#9 Post by **Kbraced** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:04 pm

I didn't even know there were any options other than silver, that's all my ortho offered.

#10 Post by **Thathrill** » Wed May 30, 2007 8:50 pm

thanks for the links. I am learning quite a bit about braces in general as well as my own. I had no questions when I was first braced but you've all help with the questions I have now.

#11 Post by **acehigh** » Wed May 30, 2007 9:42 pm

I wear the InOvation C braces which are quite clear. My archwire is silver, and has been all the way so far through treatment. I wanted the white archwire and inquired about it, but was told that within no time the white starts to chip off and you're left with a blotchy white and silver wire running through your brackets. They said it would look so much worse than just the regular silver wire.

(The receptionist told me first hand because she went through it herself.)

#12 Post by **celtic** » Thu May 31, 2007 3:58 pm

Mine are silver. No one asked.

#13 Post by **JoviFan** » Thu May 31, 2007 5:54 pm

I have ceramic uppers - and get the silver wire -- haven't been offered or asked about teflon or gold ones......