Background: To compare clinical failure rates of metallic and ceramic brackets. Materials & methods: A total of 20 subjects with diagnosed malocclusion that required two-arch fixed appliance treatment were enrolled. The results were analysed using SPSS software. P- value is statistically significant as less than 0.05. Results: A total of 384 brackets were bonded, 200 of which were metallic brackets and 184 were ceramic ones. In the 12-month observation period, there were 10 metal (5%) and 2 ceramic bracket (1.1%) failures. The overall failure rate was 3.2% (n = 12). Conclusion: Metal brackets exhibited significantly higher failure rates than ceramic brackets for both 6- and 12-month observation periods (p < 0.05). Keywords: ceramic brackets, metal brackets, failure.