Self-Ligating Braces in Malaysia Make Life Easier
In Malaysia, Self-Ligating Braces Make Life Easier
For both children and adults in Malaysia, self-ligating braces can make life much easier when you need to straighten your teeth.
Self-ligating braces make periodic visits to the orthodontist much less time-consuming. Regular braces have wire or little elastics over each brace on the individual tooth. These wires and elastics hold the archwire, which is the wire that ties the braces together and guides the direction of the teeth straightening action. The individual wires or elastics are called ligatures.
Each time a person with regular braces visits the orthodontist to have an adjustment done, the orthodontist has to remove all the individual ligatures to allow the archwire to be moved to a new position. Then, the ligatures all have to be replaced.
Less Time-consuming
This is a time-consuming procedure that's repeated every time the patient visits their orthodontist. Over the course of the approximately two years or so that the teeth straightening procedure can take, this adds up to a lot of time.
For children, it simply means that they can become fidgety, bored and cranky. However, for their busy parents, it can mean a major part of their day is spent in the orthodontist's waiting room.
For adults having their teeth straightened, it can be even worse. Parents in the waiting room can at least use social media or keep in touch with their work by email. When you're the patient in the chair, you can't hold a phone or tablet up to your face to continue working while the orthodontist performs their job. You simply have to wait, unproductively, for them to finish.
Better Oral Hygiene
The other major problem with regular braces using ligatures is that patients having these braces usually faced challenges in keeping them clean.
Having ligatures meant more places for food to become trapped and cause decay. And as the food decayed throughout the day, it could cause bad breath by the afternoon.
Adults having to meet clients throughout the day or give presentations could suffer embarrassment if they didn't have the time to perform a thorough regimen of oral hygiene after eating. Performing this necessary step meant more time was lost out of their day.
Parents of children with regular braces had to be diligent in ensuring their children brushed and flossed thoroughly after meals, or they would have to spend time at the dentist as well to fix the additional cavities their child could incur.
Find Out if Self-ligating Braces are the Right Choice for You
The invention of self-ligating braces meant that all the lost time and hygiene issues were easily rectified. With this new type of braces, the brace itself holds a tiny clamp that grips the archwire. It’s less time consuming for the orthodontist and patient to have these braces adjusted. The clamp is also a part of the brace. This means that there isn’t any place for food to hide and decay.
Self-ligating braces can mean time and hygiene problems are solved for many patients. If you’re considering getting braces for yourself or your children, book an appointment with Sim and Hooi Dental Group to see if self-ligating braces are the right choice for you or your children.
