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Subject: Re: Foods that Stain

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Eleni

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Date Posted: 21:45:15 08/17/04 Tue
In reply to: Marine Wife 's message, "Re: Foods that Stain" on 22:18:35 08/15/04 Sun

Can you see through the "tooth-colored" or "glow-in-the-dark" ligs?

One of the positives I have found with regard to clear ligatures is that I can easily spot the food that is stuck behind the lig, between the arch wire and bracket. I use the Denticator dental pick to get into those hard to reach spots. I can�t image not being able to see behind there.

>I've been in braces for 3 months. I have ceramics on
>the top and bottom. I have the tooth-colored ligatures
>for all 3 months. The only thing that I've noticed
>that has stained them has been tomato based pasta
>sauce, but it stained the ligs on back teeth, where I
>chew. Plus, I ate a lot of pasta in one sitting. I
>haven't eaten curry so I don't know if the
>tooth-colored ligs get stained by curry. Also, I
>decided to get colored (periwinkle) ligatures on the
>bottom row for fun. I'll keep the tooth-colored on the
>top row because I don't want to scare my patients when
>I do their evaluations. I already look young for my
>age and the braces don't help either, so I'm trying to
>maintain some professionalism:)
>
>
>>Last time I was at the ortho the assistant also
>>mentioned "tooth colored" ligs which are a sort of
>>beige off-white, might consider those next time, has
>>anyone tried them?

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Re: Foods that Stain	Brandy	07:51:14 08/18/04 Wed