Benefits of Orthodontics
Advantages of a Beautiful Smile
- Increased Confidence
- Career Success
- Social Success
- Better alignment of the teeth and jaws
- Easier to clean your teeth
- Less susceptible to gum disease
What is Orthodontic Treatment?
Orthodontics is the specialty of dentistry devoted to building beautiful smiles by bringing teeth, lips, and jaws into proper alignment. Straight teeth function better, are easier to clean, and are more likely to last your lifetime. Properly aligned jaws may reduce the risk of jaw joint dysfunction (TMJ). Orthodontics is a wonderful investment with life-long returns.
Orthodontic Treatment Options
Invisalign
Invisible Retainers
Clear Braces
Self-Ligating Bracket Systems
Lingual Braces (placed on inside of your teeth)
Metal Braces
Orthopedic Appliances
Children Should Receive an Orthodontic Exam by Age 7
The following early warning signs usually indicate that your child should have an orthodontic exam:
- Early or late loss of teeth
- Difficulty in chewing or biting
- Mouth breathing
- Finger sucking or other oral habits
- Crowding, misplaced, or blocked-out teeth
- Jaws that shift, make sounds, protrude or retrude
- Speech difficulty
- Biting the cheek or into the roof of the mouth
- Protruding teeth
- Teeth that meet in an abnormal way or don’t meet at all
- Facial imbalance
- Grinding or clenching of teeth