Ceramic Braces Stain Teeth

The elastic ligatures used to hold the archwires attached to the brackets are especially prone to staining.

Ceramic braces stain teeth.

Ceramic appliances use essentially the same components as metal braces and achieve much the same results. Fortunately it s fairly simple to minimize or remove unattractive staining and keep the braces less noticeable. Avoid staining your teeth and or braces. If you drink colored juices or sodas use a straw.

This means the braces blend in with the teeth and are much less obvious from a distance. The worst thing about cigarette smoking and nicotine staining your teeth is that it causes deep stains that are very hard to remove. Ceramic braces aren t as durable so as your. While you should avoid whitening toothpaste you should also do what you can to keep your teeth and or braces from yellowing.

Ceramic braces take about a year and a half to three years to straighten teeth in comparison to less than a year up to three years for metal braces. Avoid foods that may stain your braces and rubber bands. This will draw the wrong sort of attention to your mouth. Nicotine also gives the ligatures a yellow color which is very unattractive.

Not only does it discolor and stain your teeth the cigarette smoke also ruins the color of your ceramic braces.