Dental Braces Clinic.

: Strength : beauty

Orthodontics is a great way to increase your self-confidence, improve your dental health and create a beautiful smile you can share with everyone you meet. Today, an innovative technology - "self-ligating" braces - makes orthodontic treatment less time consuming and more comfortable than ever before.

The Damon System is now available from orthodontists all over the world. A great Damon smile can enhance self-esteem and self-confidence at any age, plus improve overall oral health. Many Damon patients see a noticeable change not only in their teeth, but in their entire face. That's because Damon System treatment creates a beautiful, broad, natural smile, which provides stunning facial balance, and creates a dynamic, more youthful look.

It Begins with Low Force

Research indicates that optimum orthodontic forces should be just high enough to stimulate tooth movement without cutting off the vascular supply to the periodontal ligament.* The Damon System appliance is designed to allow the clinician to use these optimum low forces throughout all phases of treatment. This is only possible with a completely passive appliance system. The Damon System facilitates healthy tooth movement with complete control.

The Damon System now has newly designed hooks for easy elastic ligation and superior patient comfort. Slide opens away from the clinician, allowing clear visibility into the slot during placement and when engaging the archwire prior to closing the slide. New precision MIM slide with enhanced leading edge makes opening and closing easier with more-consistent opening and closing forces. New rounded contours are equal to conventional bracket radii, ensuring greater patient comfort. Anatomically correct pad contours that fit the facial surface of the tooth better provide exceptional pad-to-tooth fit for easier placement and fewer bond failures. Slide is designed to fully capture the archwire in the slot. When the slide is closed, it forms a tube much like a molar tube. The result is the same superior torque and rotational control that is achieved with molar tubes.

More Efficient Tooth Movement

Sliding mechanics is usually considered only in terms of space closure, but sliding mechanics comes into play in many other aspects of tooth movement such as engaging high cuspids, correcting rotations and leveling and aligning.	When moving a high cuspid into position using traditional twin appliances, there is a tendency for the lateral incisor and first bicuspid to move superiorly while the cuspid moves into position. With a passive self-ligating system, like Damon, moving a cuspid into place does not adversely effect the adjacent teeth (see example below).
Conventional ties such as O-rings and stainless steel ligatures make using optimal forces impossible due to friction and binding. Elastomeric O-rings will lose half their elasticity within days of initial tie in, thus compromising tooth control. O-rings are extremely plaque retentive and greatly increase the number of microorganisms attached to appliances during treatment, increasing the incidence of decalcification during treatment. Even fluoride-releasing elastomerics lose almost 90% of their fluoride protection in 2 weeks.
. . . 18 Weeks Later - 2nd Appointment

Quality Results with Greater Patient Comfort

Any treatment system must meet or exceed expectations for the finished result. By using low forces that work in conjunction with the muscles of the face, the Damon System provides a greater variety of treatment options that in many cases eliminate the need for high-force mechanics and extractions. Low forces also mean greater patient comfort throughout treatment. Treatment time : 14 months, 2 weeks in 7 treatment appointments without extractions or the use of high-force expansion mechanics.

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