Braces ligatures, what are they?

If you are getting your braces soon you should know the dentist will place little rubber bands called ligatures that have the noble duty of fixing the archwire to the braces.

These ligatures will be changed on a frequent braces determined by your dentist (I get mine changed every weekend or once every two weeks).



And why they don’t just stuck strongly the braces and spare me from this weekly naggy ritual?


Elastic ligatures provide different force intensity to make your teeth move faster, especially to close the empty spaces of tooth extractions and tooth gaps.


And for the simple reason that your braces will be removed at the end of the treatment, so they just need a temporal and easy-to-remove support as braces ligatures provide.

Do ligatures ache?

Yes, they do when you fist get them on, so will need to have a soft diet for a few days. But as days go by they will eventually stretch out and you will have no tooth ache problems.