1. Who are we? We’ve developed a strong bond with your teeth! We help transfer the force from your arch wire to your teeth. Just call us little anchors!

2. Who am I? I bring the U curve to couple up your brackets. I used to be your arch enemy to clean around, then you started acing me with an Orthodontic Access Brush. You can sometimes catch me humming Titanium.

3. Who are we? We help bring a bit of self-expression to your brace in all the colours of the rainbow – ‘o’ yes we do, we’re not trying to pull your ‘lig’! But make sure you avoid staining us!

4. Who am I? I’m a heavy lifter. I do the pulling when you need to close a row of teeth with gaps in between. I'm made of elastic but I look like a chain and, wow, I’ve got some pulling power!

5. Who am I? I like to insert myself between big teeth but I was never attached to your brace. I didn’t stick around for long but wearing me was like having something as squishy as overcooked calamari stuck between your teeth for a week! Sorry about that.

6. Who am I? My name sounds like a holiday resort for wound up people! I push teeth apart when they need more space. I admit that I do look like something from your retractable biro!

7. Who are we? We’re good at helping back teeth move and we’re a great place to anchor the end of an arch wire. We hug your big teeth, and we really ought to be in a pop group!

8. Who am I? You haven’t obtained me yet, but I’m here to sustain and maintain. We’ll be friends for a long time and to avoid regret, don’t abstain from wearing me to keep your best smile yet!

1. Brackets

Don’t forget, if brackets are grating on your cheeks in the day and digging into your cheeks at night, smooth out their metal edges with VITIS Orthodontic Wax.

2. Arch wire

Straddle that arch wire and give your gums, teeth and brackets a better clean with a VITIS Orthodontic Access Brush.

3. O rings, elastics or ligatures

Remember, choosing the colours is the one bit of self-expression you have with a brace. Take a peek at Say Hello to the Heroes Within and see what other parts of you are flexing while you’re in braces.

4. Power chains

Get underneath and round the side of these mighty pieces of orthodontic kit with Interprox Interdental Brushes – they really are the Trojan horse as far as plaque hideouts are concerned. They’ll also keep going when other interdental brushes might buckle under the brace strain!

5. Separators

Wearing them is the one time that your orthodontist is going to tell you not to floss! Once they’re out, for crowded teeth that say no to interdental brushes, you’ll need specially designed orthodontic floss like Superfloss. Yes, it’s got the name of a superhero, and it’s well deserved! That stiffened end makes threading behind arch wires child’s play.

6. Coil springs

Power chains do the pulling, but coil springs do the pushing. You don’t want spinach in their spirals so give them an extra going over with a Monotip Brush to make what's helical delectable again!

7. Molar bands

Or, as we like to call them, food traps! Give them that extra swoosh in between the brushing to keep plaque and bacteria at bay. VITIS Orthodontic Mouthwash contains a broad-spectrum bactericide and bacteriostatic – which means it kills bacteria and stops it in its tracks!

8. Retainer

Retainers? Our future friends! It’s easy to keep them clean. Fixed retainers like a tickle with a Monotip Brush and removeable retainers stay odour and bacteria free and love a soak in a VITIS Effervescent Tablet.