Ceramic braces are harder than tooth enamel so they could and have cause severe wear on the upper teeth.
Ceramic braces on top metal on bottom.
If your top teeth bite into clear braces on your bottom teeth your top teeth can chip and wear down.
The teeth that clear braces are placed on is largely dependent on your individual case.
Incidentally in general ceramic braces work slower and are more prone to breakage than metal ones.
Patients may get this combination of braces for financial reasons.
In this video one patient offers some insight into the difference between ceramic and metal braces.
As you ll see she has clear ceramic braces on her top jaw and metal braces on her bottom jaw.
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Stainless steel usual metal braces is about the same hardness as enamel so less risk.
Hope you don t mind this new video series but i just wanted to share my experience in braces.
Which is better metal or ceramic braces.
Many offices place clear braces on the top teeth only for the following reason.
Let me know in the comment section below.
The top teeth usually hit on the bottom braces.
They only pay for more expensive ceramic brackets on the top jaw which is the most.