What are "buttons" that the orthandontists use on teeth? What do they do?

Question

does having this make me have to wait year(s) to get train tracks? What do they look like? Help!

Answer 1

A button is used when a canine, or another tooth is "impacted," we use it to “pull the tooth from out from under the tissue and bone and into the erupted position where it naturally belongs, with the other teeth.” The oral surgeon opens the tissue uncovering the tooth and attaches the button to the exposed end. Sometimes the button has a chain on it or we use ligature wire around the button. Then we then attach the chain or a ligature wire to the arch wire and tighten it every week or so, keeping constant pressure on the impacted tooth to guide it into position. Hope I've been of some help with this.


Additional information from last question: You don't really see the button since it's "attached" to the end of the tooth that is "under" the tissue. The button is very small much like a bracket. Once it's erupted enough, a bracket is then attached to it. Also, you have your braces in place the whole time since it's activated by being attached to the arch wire that runs through the bands and brackets that are attached to your teeth. It wouldn't do any good to have the button and not have braces, it needs the braces and arch wire to pull the impacted tooth down and into position. Hope I've answered your question so that you can understand it's use and what it is. Good luck with your ortho!

Answer 2

Sorry son. Why you couldn't know? They simply bind your irregular teeth with regular teeth & force them to allign in symmetry by pushing it forward or backward. How they do it? By putting those buttons on your teeth or the whole denticle row. Also with the help of wires which they put within the buttons they have installed. I tried to explain in your language, if I am right than thankj's.

Answer 3

Are you refering to brackets? They cement them to your teeth and use wires to adjust your palate.