Orthodontics: Are They For Everyone?

In our office, we use orthodontics to straighten teeth and are regularly asked if this is a solution that everyone can get or if you have to be a good candidate for it.  The answer is fairly complex because it depends on several factors that include your health, the current position of your teeth, your goals, lifestyle, and how much you are willing to commit to improving your smile.  In essence, everyone can straighten their teeth but the right way to do so will be based on the answers to these questions.  This makes it important to call and schedule a consultation so that we can go over your options and present you with a treatment plan that is customized to your needs.   In the meantime here is what you should know –

Commitment.

When you decide to get an orthodontics treatment, you should know that there is a level of commitment that will be required from you.  This is not a quick fix but can take anywhere from six months to two years.  You need to be certain that you are selecting the procedure or treatment option that will work for you and your lifestyle.  If you have limited time to dedicate, we suggest that you consider wearing clear aligners or getting a cosmetic procedure since traditional braces require the most amount of appointments and place the most restrictions on what and how you can eat.

Lifestyle.

Your lifestyle plays an important role in the type of orthodontics treatment that you should get.  For example, if you tend to forget things or have a hard time getting into a routine, you should probably wear traditional braces.  Since they are affixed to your teeth, they will keep moving them regardless of what you do.  With clear aligners, you need to remember to put them in your mouth after eating and brushing your teeth.  This means that if you forget to wear them, your teeth will not move according to the plan.  On the flip side, aligners provide you with the flexibility that you will never get from braces.  How these solutions fit within your lifestyle is really based on  your routine and your personality.

Appearance.

As a provider of orthodontics, we are asked a lot of questions about how a patient's appearance will be impacted.  The good news is that even metal braces are smaller and more convenient than they used to be. This makes it possible to straighten teeth without a major impact to how a person looks.  However, if you want no impact, you should consider clear aligners since they are virtually invisible and you can straighten your teeth without anyone noticing.  As an added benefit, you can actually see your smile looking better throughout the process.  Just remember that if neither of these options seems right to you, you can also consider cosmetic dentistry.

If you want to learn more about orthodontics and how effectively they can straighten your teeth, we encourage you to call our office and schedule a consultation.

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Invisalign® Dentist in Denver and the Invisalign® Revolution

As an Invisalign® dentist in Denver, we get to work with the most advanced technological breakthrough there is in teeth straightening. Since the advent of Invisalign®, people everywhere have been able to get their teeth straightened without having to worry about the embarrassment of having a mouth full of metal. It is possibly because of this that 1 in 5 patients that come in for orthodontics treatments in clinics like your Invisalign® dentist in Denver, are adults. This is good news, because as a nation we have an incredible need for straighter teeth. Recent data shows that just over 1 in 3 Americans have teeth that would be naturally considered straight. With 35% of the population accounted for, that leaves 65% of the nation that suffers from some degree of malocclusion. Malocclusion is what dentists, including your Invisalign® dentist in Denver, call crooked teeth. Of this 65%, an entire 15% have such bad malocclusion that it affects their lives directly by causing them challenges with their social skills, eating, and speaking clearly. But these are not the only patients who could benefit from the revolutionary technology called Invisalign®.

Across the country 20% of people suffer from a misaligned bite, commonly broken into two categories, over-bite and under-bite. Your bite is the coming together of your top and bottom teeth when you bite down on something. Typically the teeth are supposed to be perfectly aligned when biting down, however for 1 in 5 people, the upper and lower teeth miss each other because one of them protrudes  further out than the other. While this may not seem like a serious issue, it can lead to an irregular wearing down of teeth, cavities, and the face not being perfectly symmetrical. With an over 97% customer satisfaction rate, Invisalign® is the best way to treat people who are suffering from either malocclusion or misaligned bite. We know, however, that the biggest challenge for any Invisalign® dentist, including your own Invisalign® dentist in Denver, is to spread the word so that more people realize the transformative power of Invisalign®.

Many times when folks walk into our offices they have never heard of Invisalign®, or have been sent to us by their dentist and have many questions. The most important question people ask is: how does this treatment work? The answer to that question is relatively simple, since, like most game-changing technology, Invisalign® works on a fundamental concept. In fact, Invisalign® works using the same basic principle as braces. Both use pressure to gradually move the teeth out of the misaligned place that they are in, and realign them into where they should have been. This is where, however, the two technologies diverge. While braces use metal bands and posts to move the teeth, Invisalign® used a series of invisible aligners to move your teeth. These aligners are specially created for you in the laboratory at 2-week intervals. Each aligner gradually moves your teeth between .25mm and .30mm toward their correct positioning, all while being practically invisible to everyone around you.

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