How long do self-ligating braces usually need to be worn

Self-ligating braces are also a relatively common method of orthodontic treatment. Generally speaking, braces should be worn for at least half a year. During the period of wearing braces, you should also pay attention to some precautions. For example, you cannot eat some hard foods, eat less raw, cold, irritating foods, or acidic and sweet foods. You should pay attention to brushing your teeth regularly, and pay attention to brushing your teeth all around to ensure the effect of the correction.

How long do you usually wear self-ligating braces?

Generally speaking, if you wear braces for more than half a year, you should try to live a good life. Since many orthodontic patients wear braces for a long time, they feel liberated after removing the braces and do not pay much attention to wearing retainers. In fact, this is very wrong.

The role of the extremely fast self-locking orthodontic retainer in aligning and beautifying teeth cannot be ignored:

1. Retention after orthodontics is very important and must be taken seriously. If retainers are not worn after orthodontic treatment, the recurrence rate is 100%, which means that all the previous costly, time-consuming and laborious correction projects have been wasted.

2. Maintenance period: Generally, it should be maintained for at least two years. In the first year after the orthodontic treatment, you should wear the retainer 24 hours a day (you can only take it off when eating and brushing your teeth); in the second year, you can wear it for 12 hours a day, that is, wear it during the day or at night; after two years, you can gradually shorten the wearing time and pay attention to whether the tightness of the retainer changes after a period of time. If there is no change in the tightness after a long interval, it means that the teeth are stable at this time and the retention can be stopped. Some special patients, such as those with periodontal disease, need to maintain it for life.

3. Maintenance of retainers: 1. If not worn, soak them in cold water and do not leave them dry to avoid dehydration and deformation of the plastic base of the retainer; 2. Do not expose them to hot water to avoid deformation of the plastic base.

4. Follow-up visits during the maintenance process: Follow-up visits are also required during the maintenance process, usually once every 3-5 months. The lip bow in front of the retainer (i.e. the frontmost wire) should be in close contact with the tooth surface. After long-term and repeated removal and wearing, the front lip arch will inevitably loosen and separate from the tooth surface. At this time, you should return for a follow-up visit. For patients from other places, local orthodontic doctors should generally be able to adjust the retainer. The retainer should be adjusted so that the front lip arch and tooth surface fit perfectly, neither too loose nor too tight.