Not everyone has straight teeth by nature, but only with them a beautiful smile is possible. To make the treatment invisible to others, lingual braces are used. They are located on the inside of the teeth. Such designs do not cause inconvenience during a conversation and eating. The types and installation of such systems are described in the article.
Features
What are lingual braces? From the Latin "lingua" is translated as "language". These are structures located inside the surface of the dentition, near the tongue. This is the main difference from classical devices. How do the products work? The system is similar to standard products: there are plates fixed to the teeth, as well as grooves and locks for attaching an arc that applies pressure to the jaw.
During the period of treatment, the doctor regularly changes the arch and its position so that the correction is more accurate. The support is fixed at 6 or 7 units. According to patients, such systems are also called "invisible", since even metal or gold structuresinvisible.
When installed?
Lingual braces are effective for the following problems:
- Misalignment of the bite with "superposition" of one jaw on the other with the mouth closed.
- The desire of the patient to install invisible products.
- High risk occupation of the patient. It is preferable for builders, military, firefighters, athletes, law enforcement officers to install lingual braces. And external structures can break from impact, which will require the entire system to be replaced.
- Enamel thinning for various reasons. All braces are a load on the enamel, which changes its thickness. Dark spots form on the teeth. If the corrective elements are fixed inside, then darkening will not be noticeable.
- Completion of bite correction after attaching external braces. Additional treatment with these systems allows you to fix the result.
Benefits
Due to the peculiarities of the location and other nuances, lingual bracket systems, in comparison with other products, have the following advantages:
- Highly effective, they can change difficult bite cases even when others cannot fix the defect.
- Invisible to others
- An excellent correction result is noticeable after a short time.
- Due to the special modular system, all parts are located independently of each other, but are considered a single unit.
- Speed of adaptation, which ends in 2 weeks.
- Availability of treatment.
According to reviews, lingual braces allow you to straighten your teeth, restoring the bite. But keep in mind that they should be used after consulting a specialist.
Flaws
These designs also have disadvantages:
- While the small plates are handy, they can fall off easily.
- The installation procedure is long and considered difficult, the doctor needs to be skilled in this work.
- It will be difficult to talk at first, because all the details are close to the tongue, which takes some getting used to.
- Due to the internal layout, handling teeth and braces will be difficult.
- As with other orthodontic products, hard and sticky products should be avoided while using lingual braces, as they can damage the system.
- Professional cleaning and careful monitoring of treatment is required, which requires frequent and regular visits to the dentist.
- Many are not satisfied with the price of designs.
Views
There are 2 main types of lingual braces:
- Simple ligatures. In this case, the fastening is carried out with special threads that allow you to hold the system qualitatively. But these elements quickly become unusable, and the doctor often changes them.
- No ligatures. They have special mechanisms that have self-latching and self-adjusting locks.
Judging by the reviews, both types of lingual braces are effective, butyet they are used after a doctor's prescription. A properly selected design will not cause harm, but, on the contrary, will allow you to properly align your teeth.
Popular Companies
Brackets from different manufacturers differ in some characteristics. The most popular products include the following:
- Incognito. Lingual braces of this type, although expensive, they allow you to get an excellent effect. These designs are easy to use, are created according to the individual characteristics of a person, which is why adaptation is faster. The material for creating such products is usually gold.
- Forestadent 2d. This is a simple flat product with self-ligating fasteners. But it should be used only for mild deficiencies. The principle of action is based on natural correction due to the impact on the functioning of the jaw muscles.
- In-Ovation L. Products of the American company GAC have a non-ligature system. The systems are very easy to install and the alloys of gold, nickel and titanium are easily tolerated by he althy tissues. But for their fastening, it is necessary to withstand certain conditions that must be taken into account by the doctor.
- Stb. Lingual braces are created by the American company ORMCO. Due to the small locks, they are especially easy to use. The main material is an alloy of titanium and nickel, but medical steel is also used. This allows you to correct the bite and position of the teeth in a short time.
- Win. Lingual braces have a minimal size and a flattened shape. Devices do not cause discomfort during wear andalmost not felt. The system is adapted to the teeth and can be used to eliminate pathologies of varying complexity.
What materials are used?
Products are steel, titanium, iron, chrome, gold. No sapphire or ceramic is used as the designs are invisible. Metals are considered high quality. For allergies, an alloy of gold is used.
The use of alloys has its advantages. Due to their properties, the casting process is carried out and customized systems are created. Designs fit perfectly under the inside of the tooth, so they do not interfere with the person.
Production Features
The procedure for creating lingual braces is short and simple. But to determine the exact location of all the elements and model the future state of the bite, the doctor needs experience, knowledge and attentiveness. The manufacturing procedure is as follows:
- An impression of the jaw is being made to select a suitable correction plan.
- The laboratory creates a working model based on this print, and creates the ideal location of each unit, on the basis of which the treatment will be based.
- After comparing 2 options, the best wax replicas of braces are made. Locking clasps are made separately for each plate.
- To get the right designs, wax copies are placed on the model and treated with plaster.
- After the wax is kindled, the doctor fills the finished space with gold or other material from which the braces will be made. Therefore theyideally suited to the structure of the human jaw.
- In parallel with this work, thanks to a computer program, an arc is made, the shape and location of which are calculated to the millimeter.
To deliver a full-fledged product without flaws to the patient, special caps are used. Lingual braces in Moscow and other cities can be ordered at dental clinics. The right design will give you a great straightening result.
Installation
Since attaching all the plates to the inner surface of the tooth is considered a complex process, it takes a lot of time. But it is necessary not only to fix every detail, but also to place it precisely for the effectiveness of the treatment.
The procedure for installing lingual braces is performed according to the following instructions:
- The patient's oral cavity is being sanitized, since it will take more than one year to wear a design that complicates hygiene. Therefore, before putting lingual braces, you need to clean the oral cavity from bacteria, plaque, stone, cure bad teeth, put fillings.
- X-ray diagnostics are carried out, during which the causes of the curvature of the bite, the structure of the jaw and the possibility of correction are determined.
- An important stage is the taking of casts, the quality of which determines the accuracy of the construction and the correctness of the treatment.
- Laboratories make all the necessary details based on individual casts. For each plate, special locks are made,that meet the needs of the patient.
- Ease of installation comes with a tab of special dilators to make it easier for a person to keep his mouth open at all times. First, the base is set to 6 units, and then each plate is fixed. During the correction of all teeth, first, the fastening occurs on the lower, and after 2 weeks - on the upper jaw. This is necessary for better addiction.
In order for the treatment to be under control, the doctor must be visited up to 8 times over the entire period. After removing the structures, the effect is fixed thanks to retention caps. They are usually worn for up to six months, so that there is no distortion of the result of treatment.
Contraindications
For many patients, doctors prescribe lingual braces to straighten their teeth. Before and after this procedure, it is important to consult a doctor about treatment. But this type of correction is not suitable for everyone:
- With a narrow jaw, when there is no possibility of getting used to the installed systems.
- With crooked teeth, making it impossible to place all parts correctly.
- When the crown height is very small, resulting in limited space for inserts.
- Periodontal disease.
- Problems in the temporomandibular apparatus.
- Prone to allergies, especially to the composition of the alloys used.
- Mental illness.
- Children under 11 years of age, when permanent teeth did not appear, and the formation of a natural bite did not occur.
- Poor cavity hygienemouth.
- Bruxism.
- Pregnancy.
In these cases, it is necessary to consult a dentist. The specialist will select the appropriate correction option or provide recommendations for future treatment.
Care
Due to the location of the plates and locks inside the dentition, it is quite difficult to access them during daily hygiene treatment. To keep the oral cavity clean, doctors advise using special brushes, as well as electric analogues, irrigators, threads and toothpicks.
Treatment of the oral cavity should be performed after each meal, cleaning all the details of the structure and the space between the teeth from food debris. Regular visits to the dentist for professional hygiene are essential as this is almost impossible to do at home.
Lifetime
How long the braces will last, it is impossible to say for sure. Service life depends on:
- difficulties of crooked teeth and malocclusion;
- age;
- correct installation of the system;
- regularity of following the advice of the orthodontist.
From the photo, lingual braces look neat, and they are not visible to others. The more carefully the care is, the longer such systems are worn.
Cost
How much do structures cost? These are expensive designs, since gold or titanium is usually used for manufacturing. In addition, the production is individual, and the installation is complicated. Average prices in Moscow are as follows:
- creationlingual system for 1 jaw – 60 thousand rubles;
- its installation is 20 thousand;
- prophylactic examination, control of treatment - 5 thousand;
- withdrawal - 4000 rubles;
- retention system to fix the effect costs 6,000 rubles.
Exact prices can be found at a consultation at the clinic. Some establishments offer promotions in which it is possible to install the structure at an affordable price. Another such service is provided in installments.
How to save money?
Is it possible to install braces cheaper? To do this, you can install braces on 1 jaw. Only this needs to be discussed with the orthodontist. Often used in combination with the standard vestibular system or separately in simple cases.
Install braces on one jaw is allowed when:
- mild crowding without complications in front of the jaw;
- slits in the front of the jaw, but with the right closing of the lateral teeth;
- highly erupted side teeth that have no antagonists;
- there are gaps in the extraction of teeth that need to be closed.
To save money, you can put partial braces, for example, if the teeth are crooked in a particular place. In this case, the structures are not fixed to the entire dentition, but only in the area where it is planned to eliminate the local deficiency. Whether such a correction option is allowed should be determined by the doctor.
Other correction methods
Wearing braces is not the only way to correct the wrongbite. There are other methods that can be used both on their own and with braces. Which method will be chosen, the doctor must decide based on the identified problem.
For mild disorders, oral exercises are used. With the help of a special set of exercises, it will be possible to develop some muscles of the oral cavity, restore blood circulation, thanks to muscle efforts, restore an uneven bite.
In severe cases, surgical methods are used. The operation involves the correction of the bite by a radical method. After that, you will have to wear braces to support and fix the normal position of the teeth. If necessary, dental implants are placed. The operation is prescribed for bite pathologies that cannot be eliminated by standard methods of treatment.
Instead of braces, silicone caps can be used. Their action is the same - there is pressure on the teeth, which take the desired position. But, compared to braces, aligners are removable and must be worn for several hours a day and left overnight. And you need to take them off in those cases when their sock is unacceptable. This allows you to extend the course of treatment.
To mask a cosmetic defect, veneers and lumineers are used - overlays of the natural color of the tooth. Although they do not eliminate the problem, they get rid of a cosmetic defect in 1 trip to the dentist. All of these methods, although effective, are still the choice of a specialist.
