Compared with ordinary brackets, self-locking brackets have a better protection effect on teeth, mainly because they can avoid damaging the soft tissues of teeth and are convenient to carry, but ordinary brackets are different, because they are fixed steel wires, which are very easy to damage teeth in this process.
Difference 2: the difference between ligating silk.
Ligation wire refers to the steel wire that is ligated. Ligation wire does not exist in automatic brackets, but in ordinary brackets, because when ligating wire, ordinary brackets are artificially rubbed, which requires a lot of friction to correct teeth and takes a long time to correct.
Self-ligating brackets have less friction on teeth, which may cause slight tooth movement, and the wearer will not feel uncomfortable. It can also speed up the time of tooth correction and will not feel too much pain when pulling out.
Difference 3: Time to correct teeth
Ordinary brackets are fixed by hand with steel wires, and sometimes they fall off. Need to return to the clinic again in a short time, flexible fixation, so that teeth can recover better. However, with the passage of time, ordinary brackets will become looser and looser, thus prolonging the correction time.
Self-ligating brackets take a short time to correct teeth and do not need to go to the hospital for follow-up visits frequently. Patients only need to see if their teeth have recovered regularly. It seems that once every two months is enough, and the correction effect is good.