Dedicated Orthodontists Providing Teeth Alignment Treatment Options for Patients of All Ages
When you look in the mirror, one of the first things you notice is your smile. It’s a defining feature of your face, since it dictates how you’re feeling to other people. However, for some people, their smile is one of their least favorite aspects of their body. This can be due to an oral or teeth alignment issue. If you’re constantly trying to hide your smile, you’re never fully able to show your friends and family your happiness. Thankfully, there are ways to treat your teeth alignment to improve your smile and your self-confidence.
Types of Teeth Alignment
There are a variety of types of teeth alignments that are seen. While some are more common than others, they are all treatable in some way of form. The first and most rare type of alignment is natural normal alignment. This is when the teeth are essentially perfectly aligned and need no correction. Other types of alignment include spacing issues like overcrowding, spacing, and diastema. When the teeth are overcrowded, there is too little room in the jaw for the teeth you have. With spacing, there is too much jaw space and it causes gaps between the teeth.
Diastema is a type of spacing that only occurs between the two front teeth. Other common types of alignment include improper bites like overbites, underbites, and crossbites.
In an overbite, the top teeth overlap the bottom teeth. With underbites, the lower teeth overlap the top teeth.
Lastly, with crossbites, the back upper teeth bite behind the lower teeth, while the upper teeth either remain naturally or sit in front of the lower teeth. Regardless of the type of alignment of your teeth, there are treatment solutions for you.
Teeth Alignment Treatment
If you are unhappy with the way your teeth are aligned, or if your teeth alignment is causing you physical problems such as pain or difficulty eating or drinking, you may consider teeth alignment treatment with an orthodontist. Depending on your individual case, an orthodontist will recommend a type of treatment that will best suit your alignment and needs.
Treatment options for misaligned teeth include various types of braces like traditional braces, lingual braces, self-ligating braces, and clear aligners.
Types of Braces
Braces are tools that orthodontists use to aid in the alignment of the teeth. There are many types of braces, and the one that you choose should be dependent on both recommendations from your orthodontist and your preference. Depending on the type of teeth alignment that you have, one form of braces might be better than the next. The first type of braces is traditional braces. Traditional braces are the common metal brackets that you likely imagine when you think of braces.
Next, lingual braces are the same traditional metal braces, but they are placed behind the teeth rather than the front. This makes it look as if you don’t have braces. Self-ligating braces are more so like traditional braces, but instead of having rubber pieces hold in the wire, there is a door-like mechanism that contains the wire in the bracket.
Lastly and the most commonly desired form of braces are clear aligners. These are essentially retainers that change shape slightly every few weeks, thus slowly pulling your teeth into proper alignment. Your orthodontist will assist you in deciding which braces work best for your lifestyle.
Treat Your Misaligned Teeth
If you’re tired of looking in the mirror and seeing crooked or misaligned teeth, it may be time to reach out to an orthodontist. Orthodontists Associates of WNY are staffed with expert orthodontists who have your best care in mind.
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Orthodontists Associates of Western New York is proud to offer early orthodontic treatment throughout Buffalo, Lancaster, Olean, Hamburg, Orchard Park, and Dunkirk, New York.
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