If your upper teeth are behind the bottom ones as with an underbite and you have crowded top teeth single arch treatment may potentially fix the issue.
Ceramic braces top only.
They can also be made with stainless steel clear materials or gold.
Equally dentists might choose not to fit a ceramic appliance on the bottom jaw for practical reasons if you have a deep bite.
Patients may get this combination of braces for financial reasons.
It isn t possible to fix a crossbite overbite or underbite without being able to move both the top and bottom teeth.
Ceramic braces also known as clear braces are orthodontic tools used to straighten teeth and fix bite problems they consist of clear or tooth colored ceramic brackets attached to the surface of your teeth with similarly colored wires and rubber bands which provide more discretion.
Keep in mind if the bite is okay in the back and just the front teeth are crowded braces on the top teeth only will create an overbite.
But for patients who don t have a bite problem but don t like their crooked tooth or space on the top row of teeth top row braces can work.
On average from the time you get them on to the time they re removed ceramic braces cost about 4 000 to 8 000 this compares to about 3 000 to 6 000 for metal braces or 3 000 to 8 000 for.