Metal braces, and colored braces!!!! PLEASE ANSWER QUICK!!!!!!!!?

My sister Trisha is 11 years old. She is going to the orthodontics soon, because of the spaces in her teeth and also because she has buck teeth as well. She keeps on asking me if because her dentits says she is going to get (train tracks) metal braces, if she cannot get coloured braces. I heared she will still get metal braces, and will also still get coloured ones over them.Or something like that


(But the truth is that I don't have a clue.)


SO COULD YOU PLEASE TELL ME ABOUT THE WHOLE SYSTEM ABOUT GETTING METAL AND COLOURED BRACES?


(before my sister turns me mad)


OH, and can you still get braces if you still have baby molars left?

Metal braces, and colored braces!!!! PLEASE ANSWER QUICK!!!!!!!!?
THey are metal. The "colour" is the rubber bands that orthodontists put over the bamds.





TEll her that the worst part is the taste of the glue. :) Seriously! The pain is like nothing compared to the taste! Sprite will immediately KILL the taste.





I don't think you can get braces w/ baby teeth in.


Also, there is no such thing as coloured braces.
Reply:They are metal, but the dentist like opens them up and puts colours in. So it's metal edges but you can see the colours, and no usually if you have baby molars they take them out before the braces go in.
Reply:There are lots of options these days, but you may pay more for less noticeable braces. I think what you are talking about is where they glue the metal brackets to your teeth but then they can put little colored elastic rings on each bracket to hold the wire in place. I'm not an orthodontist and I don't know the technical terms for all of the parts, but I had braces 14 years ago. I used to pick different colored pieces, and I would sometimes have 2 colors alternating. Tell your sister goos luck, and it will all be worth it when she's done.
Reply:Okay, here you go, the braces are not actually colored. The color is rubber bands. You are allowed to change you rubber bands whenever you want to. You can get any combination of colors. I know a lot of people who color them seasonally. Metal braces are the same. You see, you put the rubber bands, and rap them around the metal braces. There is no colored braces thing. Yes you can still get braces if you have baby molars left.
Reply:The actual braces (wires, brackets etc) are NOT coloured. The only coloured part of the braces are the little coloured rings that go around the brackets. So you're sister is probably going to get normal braces and then she'll be able to chose colours to hold the brackets on the braces closed.





There is however a type of braces that don't require colours called 'speed braces' so maybe you're sister is getting these? If she does she can just ask for colours if she wants them. I have speed braces and I just ask to have colours put on (to make them look nice) even though they aren't necessary =]
Reply:They don't actually put the braces on the baby teeth. You don't have baby molars, your molars are permanent. The ortho is probably putting the braces on the girl so help control how straight her permanent teeth come in. It's easier to move them when they come in.





Tell her it's easier to get the color bands put around her braces to hold the wire on instead of that metal "thread" stuff they use. Also, don't get the color black or clear rubber bands..they get dirty easy and black makes ur teeth look weird.
Reply:Theyre all silver, metal, the color comes from the bands you can get around them.