Dental Braces
With dental braces, youth, and even adults can have their teeth re-aligned and straighted and have their healthy looking teeth back.
Besides their aesthetic applications, by aligning teeth better, braces allow easier teeth cleaning, they lower the possibility of plaque formation and allow overall better dental health.
With the goal of well aligned bite, braces allow better utilization of teeth, by lessenin teeth grinding they could slow down the premature aging of teeth. They could even help with lisping concerns.
Contact us to start your teeth braces treatment.
How do we do it?
At your first visit to the office, our dentist will asses the condition of your teeth for bite, grinding, alignment concerns, etc., and they may take (panoramic) X-rays of your teeth, they may measure them and take pictures as well.
The following visits (1-3) will involve application of braces. Afterwards, your braces are adjusted according to the plan every 4 to 8 weeks.
Duration of the Treatment
Before braces applied, all cavities are taken care of, any tartar and plaque are removed. Note that it may take a day or two before you get used to eating or speaking with newly tightened braces. Some light discomfort is normal. As your teeth are aligned and straigned better, the initial level of discomfort will get much lighter over time.
In order for brace wires from becoming dislodged from their places, you may want to avoid biting any kind of hard food. İf you experience soreness or discomfort on the sides of you cheeks or lips due to friction from braces, dentist-recommended waxes can alleviate your pain and disconcomfort.
If you experience disomfort longer that expected, our dentists may re-adjust the plan more suitable to your tempo or pace.