Clarity ceramic brackets coming loose

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Alli
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Clarity ceramic brackets coming loose

#1 Post by Alli »

Has anyone ever heard or experienced the Clarity ceramic brackets coming loose more often than regular metal brackes?

I'm on my third one coming loose now after about 2 years. None of my metal brackets have come loose. I still have more than a year to go and I'm wondering if I'd be better off switching to metal.
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momof2grlz
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#2 Post by momof2grlz »

I've had my Clarity ceramics for 11 months and I've had one of my brackets pop off while I was eating a pickle spear. I had 2 other ceramic brackets removed in preparation for extractions and they did not come off easily. Go figure.

Chris
Top Ceramics: 10/11/04; Bottom Ceramics: 02/16/05 DEBANDED: 05/03/07


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Dawn
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#3 Post by Dawn »

I've had Clarity brackets on for 23 months, and haven't lost one yet.
Due for debaniding on 10/12, so I hope they come off easily when they need to!
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#4 Post by mommak8 »

Hi -

I had clarity ceramics and just switched to metal because I popped off so many I was losing ground. I have a LOT of movement needed and I guess the pressure was too much. Honestly I'm perfectly happy with metal self-ligating, they are smaller and I don't have to worry about staining ligs!
Braced 11/16/2004 Ceramic uppers, Metal lowers, one extraction. Serious midline discrepency, open bite, cross bite, crowding.
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#5 Post by caryca »

I have just one (hopfully the only one) that pops off. But this one is glued to a fake tooth....so it was predictable. Twise it happend at the ortho office once 2 days ago....I hope it will not set my treatment back :roll:
6/4/2005: 2nd premolar extracted+ spacers in
6/13/2005: clear braces: top and bottom
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next 'date' on 18th Nov. ...and the bottoms might be off then?!:-) top will stay until Dec. before xmas.
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