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Was reading here that people are getting their ligs changed every appointment. In have Damon braces, do Damon's have ligs that require changing? Obviously I haven't been to my first adjustment apt yet

Through the research I've been doing the last few days; Damon braces don't use ligatures. (At least the style I looked at on their website.)

That's why they say their braces move teeth faster; they say the ligatures stop the teeth moving along the wire because they're fixed to it with the ligature instead of sliding along it as the Damon's do.

I can't comment if they move teeth faster or not just going by what I read here and their website.

Probably not... if you don't have them now. You probably have self-ligating braces which means that there are little doors on your brackets that open and close to hold your wire in. The other people with ligatures have to have the ligs to hold their wire in.

But you might have a powerchain at some point... which is kinda like ligatures but all connected in one long string of rubber.

TheKT wrote:Was reading here that people are getting their ligs changed every appointment. In have Damon braces, do Damon's have ligs that require changing? Obviously I haven't been to my first adjustment apt yet

No, Damons are self-ligating. We have little doors on our brackets that hold the wire in, so we don't need ligs.

No ligatures on the Damons. As others mentioned there may be other fun accessories in your future -- the aptly-named power chains, elastics, and so forth. Best of luck to you!