Hey there, this could be a VERY stupid question. I watched a lot videos on YouTube which shows how braces work. But I never understood how the braces pull and move the teeth instead of just staying there in the same shape it is put on. I can understand how it works when the brackets of an upper tooth and a lower tooth are connected using a rubber band. But how can the braces exert force on its on when put only on the upper or lower set of teeth? I mean, it’s metal which bends, and it is put on teeth which are bigger and probably stronger. Or is this any different type of metal which tend to come to it’s original state even if it gets bend?
Sorry for the bad English. Thank you!
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I don’t know the exact term but I think the brace metal is some sort of memory metal that return back to its shape after deformed. The original shape can be altered under some conditions which is the desired shape of tooth alignment. (I’m not a dentist or anything, but just something I remember from my brace experience( seems like it’s some nickel titanium alloy which is something out of my knowledge
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