How do braces straighten teeth?
Braces use steady gentle pressure to gradually move teeth into their proper positions. Brackets are placed on your teeth and an archwire connects them together. When the archwire is placed into the brackets, it tries to return to its original shape. As it does this, it applies pressure that moves your teeth to a straighter position.
Braces use steady, gentle pressure over time to move teeth into their proper positions. The brackets we place on your teeth and the main wire that connects them, are the two main components. The bracket is a piece of specially shaped metal or ceramic that we affix to each tooth. Then we bend the arch wire to reflect your “ideal” bite – what we want you to look like after treatment. The wire threads through the brackets and, as the wire tries to return to its original shape, it applies pressure to actually move your teeth. With credit due to the advanced technology of current materials and procedures, all this happens much faster than ever before.
