the make cermaic brace pieces but with metal wires and back pieces
there is also the plastic retainer that molds to the shape of your teeth

its not perm. attached to you so you can cleanse afterwards if you are worried about it.
but what you have to put into you mouth has to be determined by your ortho.
sometimes you have to put in stretching plates and things like that or have to wear head gear at night.

i got braces and i only had to wear them for about a year and a half. it was the best thing i have ever done. i dont grind my teeth at night. my teeth are not wearing unevenly which leads to need to of partials in older ages.

Hi The Continuum Force,

I believe the issue of alignment, misalignment, and realignment is mainly a question of skeletal health and skeletal alignment.

Physical exercise, hips, legs, knees, feet, walking, root vegetables, calcium, zinc, earth, and security are all supporters of skeletal health.

The skeleton is believed by many systems of medicine to be the foundation of physical health.

The issue of alignment is particularly related to the osseous parts of the body because it is a question of architecture.

The osseous structures centre around the sacrum and hips according to ancient medical texts.

Thus, the natural remedies for alignment can take a while, like orthodontics. Consider that skeletal health partly a developmental issue.

Even old people are still developing, just not nearly as fast as children and infants, so the age of a person greatly influences the ability of the teeth to shift.

According to eastern philosophy, the bones harden a little in winter and soften a little in summer, and this knowledge can help them to be manipulated a little.

Eating winter vegetables in winter and summer greens in summer certainly helps. This is all relative: you must also eliminate anutrients from the diet.

Anyway, there are also supplemental therapies you can use: yoga, massage, meditation, and herbal supplementation or herbal cleansing.

The truth is that the teeth are part of the body and they can repair, shift, decay, and do all kinds of unpredictable things.

If you eat some black, brown, and red foods and very dark greens this can help with the osseous structures, as the darkness goes deep and gets to the marrow.

One example is a root used in chinese medicine called rehmannia. This herb is excellent for cleaning and strengthening the bones.

For more information about this read ayurveda, chinese medicine, or email me at sebastianreed@hotmail.com.

Sebastian Reed
http://www.worldofteeth.com