Unlike with traditional metallic braces the brackets on ceramic braces match the color of your teeth.
Curry stained ceramic braces.
The modern braces ar created for providing custom solutions to all or any the those that face troubles in their teeth.
This can make your smile unattractive because any color will be prominent when your white teeth are in the background.
The brackets themselves are still white but the elastic ligatures have become stained.
One of the most common questions we get on archwire s metal mouth forum involves brackets particularly ceramic brackets stained from foods particularly curry.
Don t worry about the stains too much.
The brackets themselves don t usually have stains but all the other components are.
It will stain ceramic braces and ligatures and after brushing and trying to clean the stain off you will just get a lighter and lighter shade of yellow and then teal.
The ligatures are those little o shaped bands on each bracket that hold the arch wire in place.
Turmeric that delicious and indispensable spice that gives indian food its delicious flavor stains everything it comes into contact with a shade of curious yellow.
You need to know the factors that lead to staining beforehand.
However as much as we would like to have these unique ceramic braces they stain easily if not well taken care of.
Fortunately it s fairly simple to minimize or remove unattractive staining and keep the braces less noticeable.
Curry can easily stain your ceramic braces and the elastics rubber bands ligatures too.