Cosmetic Dentists Can Provide Top-Notch Orthodontic Care
While our highly trained staff of Houston cosmetic dentists does not claim the official title of orthodontics, we find ourselves nevertheless providing more and more orthodontic solutions to clients from all over Houston. There are a number of reasons why so many people are now turning to us first to correct malocclusion in their upper and lower jaws.
The biggest motivator appears to be a strong desire on the part of these patients to keep their corrective care confidential. No one wants to smile with a mouth full of metal. People who do wear traditional braces do so with a sense of resignation—putting up with the pain and embarrassment of the devices and grimacing with embarrassment within themselves when they feel forced to smile. Standard metal braces normally have to be worn a minimum of two years, are very expensive, and cause a great deal of pain on occasions when they are tightened.
Thanks to new technology, though, our cosmetic dentists can now offer some truly viable—if not superior—alternatives to traditional orthodontic treatment. We want to qualify this statement by making it clear we by no means feel that metal braces are completely obsolete or non-viable options. On the contrary, we still refer our most severe cases of tooth malocclusion to practicing orthodontists that we partner with. These extreme cases can only be corrected by drastic measures, and we recommend someone who specializes only in metal braces handle these cases.
However, a very large percentage of the patients that our cosmetic dentists see do not have problems this severe. They may only have a problem with crowded teeth that resulted from too little room in their mouth when their teeth first grew in. Or, equally common, we encounter a patient who suffered an accident and loosened or lost one or more teeth in the process. The surrounding teeth then began to shift toward the gap and created a noticeable irregularity in the person’s smile.
For mild to moderate cases like this, our cosmetic dentists will normally recommend our new Six Month Smile cosmetic dental braces. These amazing braces are designed much like their metal counterparts-- with two important differences. For one thing, the brackets are clear and the wires are the color of teeth—thus making the braces nearly invisible when the patient smiles. Secondly, the brackets and wires are much smaller and allow for more thorough tooth brushing and flossing.
True to their name, these cosmetic braces get the job done in only six months.
More noticeable problems with malocclusion, however, will need stronger corrective measures. Our cosmetic dentists, upon discovering severe bite problems, recommend that the patient spend the necessary funds to get the best possible cosmetic orthodontic solution. This solution does not lie in the form of braces, but rather a retainer-like mouthpiece called an Invisalign aligner.
The Invisalign aligner is custom-made to molds of the patient’s teeth and pre-adjusted to put just the right amount of pressure on teeth that are out of alignment. Bit by bit, each new set of aligners moves teeth back where they belong. A computer is used to pre-set the adjustment factor in each set of aligners, and the entire procedure normally takes about a year-and-a-half for the average patient.
Before you just let your teeth go, or resolve yourself to the pain and embarassment of metal braces, talk to one of our cosmetic dentists first to see if you need a short-term solution, an Invisalign solution, or a referral to an orthondontist for an exceptionally severe alignment problem.
The biggest motivator appears to be a strong desire on the part of these patients to keep their corrective care confidential. No one wants to smile with a mouth full of metal. People who do wear traditional braces do so with a sense of resignation—putting up with the pain and embarrassment of the devices and grimacing with embarrassment within themselves when they feel forced to smile. Standard metal braces normally have to be worn a minimum of two years, are very expensive, and cause a great deal of pain on occasions when they are tightened.
Thanks to new technology, though, our cosmetic dentists can now offer some truly viable—if not superior—alternatives to traditional orthodontic treatment. We want to qualify this statement by making it clear we by no means feel that metal braces are completely obsolete or non-viable options. On the contrary, we still refer our most severe cases of tooth malocclusion to practicing orthodontists that we partner with. These extreme cases can only be corrected by drastic measures, and we recommend someone who specializes only in metal braces handle these cases.
However, a very large percentage of the patients that our cosmetic dentists see do not have problems this severe. They may only have a problem with crowded teeth that resulted from too little room in their mouth when their teeth first grew in. Or, equally common, we encounter a patient who suffered an accident and loosened or lost one or more teeth in the process. The surrounding teeth then began to shift toward the gap and created a noticeable irregularity in the person’s smile.
For mild to moderate cases like this, our cosmetic dentists will normally recommend our new Six Month Smile cosmetic dental braces. These amazing braces are designed much like their metal counterparts-- with two important differences. For one thing, the brackets are clear and the wires are the color of teeth—thus making the braces nearly invisible when the patient smiles. Secondly, the brackets and wires are much smaller and allow for more thorough tooth brushing and flossing.
True to their name, these cosmetic braces get the job done in only six months.
More noticeable problems with malocclusion, however, will need stronger corrective measures. Our cosmetic dentists, upon discovering severe bite problems, recommend that the patient spend the necessary funds to get the best possible cosmetic orthodontic solution. This solution does not lie in the form of braces, but rather a retainer-like mouthpiece called an Invisalign aligner.
The Invisalign aligner is custom-made to molds of the patient’s teeth and pre-adjusted to put just the right amount of pressure on teeth that are out of alignment. Bit by bit, each new set of aligners moves teeth back where they belong. A computer is used to pre-set the adjustment factor in each set of aligners, and the entire procedure normally takes about a year-and-a-half for the average patient.
Before you just let your teeth go, or resolve yourself to the pain and embarassment of metal braces, talk to one of our cosmetic dentists first to see if you need a short-term solution, an Invisalign solution, or a referral to an orthondontist for an exceptionally severe alignment problem.
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