Metal Mouth Message Board

I am getting smart clip Self Ligating braces in 2 weeks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M9shNylFI8

and as i am 18 and i will need the braces for 2 years, i am happy that they are smaller and less visible than normal braces.. however, i want to have some initial fun with coloured ligs

If i asked my ortho to put ligs on just for the sake of it, would he think that i'm crazy? LOL

And more importantly, is it dangerous to use ligs on SL braces

I have SL brackets, but I have been asked a couple times if I wanted to add some color to my braces. The ligs go around your brackets instead of holding the wire on - as with non SL braces. My son gets a different color on his braces at each visit.
Just ask them at your next appt., and see what they say.

i would imagine your ortho will say no as its time consuming and pointless. Why not pick a different brace?

The sl brackets are designed to allow the archwires to slide easily, so putting ligatures on them would probably cause more friction, defeating the purpose. There might be times where the friction is needed or perhaps doesn't matter, so maybe you could have them then.

When I first got my SL metal braces, I asked my ortho if I could get colored ligs put on them "for fun", and he said he could put them on a few of the front ones, but didn't want to do much more since it may inhibit movement. I guess they can't be placed behind the wire, either, because then the wire may not fit well in the brackets.

I had SL braces and my ortho snipped up powerchains into single chains to jazz up my braces. I had alternating purple and turquoise! (Then I got powerchains in all sorts of pretty colours)

I asked for ligs a few times for fun and they were happy to put them on. It added a little more time to the appt. , but not too long, they were pretty easy to put on. Now I'm wearing powerchains, so I get to choose colors for fun anyways. I missed out on the cute alternating patterns though.