Cary & Clayton Ceramic Braces

Clearly Straighter Smiles

At McNutt Orthodontics, Dr. Matthew uses clear braces to straighten your teeth and correct bite issues.

What Are Clear Braces?

Clear braces take one of the most common, reliable, and predictable ways to straighten your teeth — traditional braces — and make the treatment less noticeable by using tooth-colored ceramic brackets instead of metal ones.

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How Clear Braces Work

Ceramic braces work similarly to traditional metal ones. While the brackets are made of a translucent ceramic or porcelain, we still bond them to your teeth and thread an archwire through each bracket.

The force of the archwire against the brackets is what nudges your teeth into straighter alignment. Dr. Matthew will the type, size and strength of archwires throughout the course of your treatment to gently align teeth and correct the bite while the brackets remain on your teeth for the duration of your treatments.

What Issues Can Ceramic Braces Treat?

Because ceramic brackets are a little less durable than metal ones, the adjustments Dr. Matthew makes with clear braces will need to be smaller, which could slightly prolong treatment. That said, clear braces can typically treat the same orthodontic issues as metal braces.

And like metal braces, at the end of treatment, we are able to gently remove the ceramic braces and polish the remaining adhesive off your teeth, as though the braces were never there.

Clear Braces FAQs

Why Choose McNutt Orthodontics?

A Different Kind of Practice

“The most important thing to remember is that you should not select your orthodontist based on the type of braces they use. The braces themselves do not make a great doctor. The braces themselves are only one tool of many that help determine the end result for the patient.

“You would not choose a carpenter based on the tools in their toolbox. You would choose them based on the quality of their dovetail joints, the wood's shape, the finish's quality, the final product's beauty, and the superior function of the thing they created. An excellent orthodontist is an artist, a craftsman, an engineer, an architect, and a scientist. That is what you should really be choosing.

“I was blessed to have trained under Dr. William Proffit, the modern father of orthodontics. Dr. Proffit was fond of reminding orthodontic residents in training that what mattered most was the mind, skill, and decision-making of the orthodontist, and not the type of braces or aligners they use. Who is moving your teeth is much more important than what.”