{"id":7485,"date":"2017-12-04T09:05:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T08:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/?page_id=7485"},"modified":"2022-09-30T13:29:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T11:29:42","slug":"self-ligating-brackets","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/lexikon\/self-ligating-brackets\/","title":{"rendered":"Self-ligating brackets"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7485\" class=\"elementor elementor-7485 elementor-7196\" data-elementor-post-type=\"encyclopedia\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45951dc9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45951dc9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7a93be2d\" data-id=\"7a93be2d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb53b0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb53b0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a title=\"Types of Brackets\" href=\"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/lingualtechnik\/types-of-brackets\/\">Brackets<\/a> with a built-in metallic locking mechanism to hold the orthodontic wires in place. The wires are attached to the brackets with ligatures made of elastic material or thin wires in traditional brackets.<\/p><p>The great advantage of self-ligating brackets is the faster wire change and the shorter working time in the orthodontist&rsquo;s chair, while the other advantages that are gladly and often claimed belong to the realm of legend.<\/p><p><strong>Tip:<\/strong> Don&rsquo;t let anyone tell you that treatment time is shorter or the whole treatment more comfortable with self-ligating brackets! No evidence has ever been found for these and many other advantages, so patients can confidently save themselves the extra costs for these products!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brackets with a built-in metallic locking mechanism to hold the orthodontic wires in place. The wires are attached to the brackets with ligatures made of elastic material or thin wires in traditional brackets. The great advantage of self-ligating brackets is the faster wire change and the shorter working time in the orthodontist&#8217;s chair, while the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-7485","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/7485","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/7485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16827,"href":"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/7485\/revisions\/16827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madsen.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}