If you’ve been thinking about straightening your teeth in Newcastle, you might have wondered about the advantages other than benefitting your appearance. You’ll be glad to learn that teeth that are evenly aligned and bite together properly can improve your oral health, not to mention your self-confidence in your smile.
Here are some reasons you may wish to consider adult orthodontics in Bowmanville.
A Reduced Risk of Cavities
When your teeth are overcrowded and overlapping, it is harder to clean them thoroughly. Therefore there is a greater risk of plaque and food debris becoming trapped between your teeth, increasing your risk of developing cavities. In contrast, when your teeth are straightened, cleaning them thoroughly can be easier, so your tooth decay risk declines.
A Lower Risk of Gum Disease
Being unable to clean your teeth because they are tightly packed in, rotated or out of place can also increase your risk of developing gum disease. Straightening your teeth, so they bite together evenly will make it easier to clean them thoroughly, getting rid of the dental plaque that could otherwise cause gum disease.
Preventing Uneven Tooth Wear
Tooth enamel is a tough substance, but it can become damaged, especially if your teeth don’t bite together properly. In this case, when you bite down, some teeth may bite together before others, so these teeth are subjected to excessive wear and tear. An uneven bite can also negatively impact dental restorations, making them more likely to fracture. When your teeth are aligned correctly, excessive wear and tear are eliminated.
Protecting Your Jaw Joints
If your teeth are out of alignment, it can place extra pressure on your jaw joints, making it harder to chew food correctly. When these jaw joints, called temporomandibular joints, become inflamed, it can cause pain and discomfort, making it difficult to open and close your mouth properly. The inflammation can even cause headaches, facial pain and neck pain. Teeth straightening in Clarington ensures your teeth can bite together properly, so your facial muscles can work correctly, eliminating joint inflammation pain.
Using Invisalign to Straighten Your Teeth
West Bowmanville Family Dental is a certified Invisalign provider. Invisalign is a nearly invisible braces system suitable for adults and older teens that can straighten most problems affecting misaligned teeth. The beauty of this system is its ease of use, and the clear plastic aligners used to straighten teeth are virtually invisible once in the mouth. It’s super easy to use, as you are provided with custom-made aligner sets that you simply wear for two weeks, ideally for most of the day and at least for 22 hours daily. You take out the aligners whenever you want to eat or drink anything other than water and for brushing and flossing your teeth. Unlike fixed braces, there is no need to use special tools to clean your teeth, as you can follow your normal oral care routine.
Treatment is planned digitally and begins with our advanced digital scanner scanning your teeth. The digital scanner takes a digital impression and provides 3-D images of your teeth, allowing our experienced dentists to plan your treatment using Invisalign software. It’s quite an interactive process as you will get the chance to see digital images showing how your teeth should look once straightened and to have your input. Once you are entirely happy with the predicted results of Invisalign treatment in Courtice, your aligners are created, and you can begin straightening your smile. It usually takes around a year to complete treatment, but you can get a better idea of the timeframe during your initial consultation.