If you have braces, it’s possible that you may experience a break in your archwire. A broken archwire can poke into the inside of your lips or cheek, leading to pain, cuts, or sores.

Self-ligating braces use a built-in mechanism to hold the archwire in place. They differ from traditional braces, which use elastic ties or metal wires.

This was a multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT). Patients were treated in three centres and randomly allocated to one of three groups, as follows: group A used 0.016-inch nickel titanium ...