Can You Choose Your Orthodontic Brackets?

By Orthodontics Editor, on July 14th, 2009

I’ve been wondering for a while, if it was possible to choose the orthodontic brackets you want? No i am not asking if you can choose the orthodontic BRACES you want, because i already know that you can (theres ceramic, metal/titanium, invisalign).
I’m planning on getting the metal/titanium braces, so could i just ask my orthodontist to give me the brackets i want?

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So Which Of These Options Should I Choose For Braces?

By Orthodontics Editor, on June 6th, 2009

Basically, this started about 3 months ago. My orthodontist took impressions to order Orthoclear aligners. When Orthoclear merged with Invisalign, the orthodontist took impressions again to order Invisalign aligners. Now, my orthodontist is telling me it could be as late as April or June before I recieve my aligners, due to issues with the Invisalign/Orthoclear merge. My orthodontist gave me four options:
1) he can fashion a retainer to move the teeth some while I’m waiting for Invisalign. When Invisalign arrives, the doctor will find which set of aligners best matches my teeth and proceed from there.
2) I can just wait for Invisalign.
3) I can get metal braces at no extra cost
4) I can get ceramic braces at no extra cost
What would y’all do? I’m really considering the regular braces, but would y’all get clear or metal?

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