Along with the social development and progress, the need for adult orthodontics has also increased. A beautiful mouth structure and happy smiles constitute the important aspects of both business and social life. Today, more and more numbers of adults demand orthodontic treatment
Just as the orthodontic problems may begin in childhood, they can also occur in adulthood due to problems such as teeth losses and gum diseases. The correction of these problems is important in terms of ensuring the health of the teeth and extend their lives, further than solving the aesthetic problem. Gaps between the teeth may have occurred as a result of a gum disease. The orthodontic correction of these gaps will both improve the image, and strengthen the bone structure carrying the teeth by strengthening the interrelations of the teeth.
Since the beginning of the modern orthodontics, orthodontic materials and techniques have emerged, and tooth-colored brackets, transparent dentures, and brackets attached to the inner surfaces of the teeth have been developed. In this way, the adult patients can be treated extremely easy. The orthodontic appliances that can be applied to the adult patients are as follows;
Porcelain Brackets:
Now, instead of metal brackets, porcelain, fixed or composite brackets pasted on the teeth surface are produced. These brackets are tooth-coloured or transparent, and they are unnoticed unless viewed closely. In addition, the braces used may also be white-coloured, and thus you can have an orthodontic treatment almost unnoticed.
Lingual Brackets:
In some cases, the braces used can be pasted on the inner surfaces of the teeth. This technique is called lingual orthodontics. What makes this technique special is the preparation of completely personal brackets. In this technique which has some unique advantages and disadvantages, the brackets are not pasted on the outer surfaces of the teeth, and thus, a completely invisible treatment can be made.
Invisalign – Clear Aligner:
In this method, a series of transparent plates planned in the computer environment are produced in order to eliminate the skewnesses in the teeth. Improvement in the teeth is provided by applying these transparent plates at certain periods. The advantage of this method is that it can be removed by the patient in specific desired cases.
Removable Apparatus:
Some simple teeth movements can be made by removable apparatus. The desired teeth movements can be obtained by applying these devices in certain periods of time. Although the making and application of these devices are easy, they cannot make very sensitive teeth movements.
The orthodontic treatment is a process that can be adapted very easily by the adult patients. The orthodontic treatment is not applied to the children only like in the past, and it does not only consist of metal braces the image of which is discomforting. More and more adults resort to the orthodontists with the demand of orthodontic treatment, and the adults having orthodontic treatment enter the class of people who care for themselves and give importance to oral care and aesthetics. The first few days of the treatment may pass with the adaptation process to the braces and brackets. You may feel a slight pain and stretching in the teeth in the first few days. After the adaptation of the oral tissues, you may feel comfortable as if there were no braces in your teeth.
We can meet all the requirements of daily life during orthodontic treatment. Our working patients can easily resume their work, and continue their hobbies (such as sports and music). The most important issue to be considered during treatment is the dental cleaning. The braces on the teeth surfaces do not prevent cleaning as long as the correct brushing technique is used. Your orthodontist will inform you about the use of appropriate tooth brushes, interface tooth brushes and dental flosses. With the progress of the orthodontic treatment, your teeth will start to improve, and the extraction gaps will start to be closed if a dental extraction is made for orthodontic reasons. Your teeth, gradually improving after this stage, will give you a much more beautiful and healthy image.
Is There an Alternative to Orthodontic Treatment?
The best part of orthodontic treatment is that it makes you beautiful by using your own teeth. At the end of the orthodontic treatment, your teeth are no different than their state at the beginning of the treatment. Before the advent of orthodontic treatment, the common method used to correct the crooked teeth was to make coatings on the crooked teeth. The reason for abandoning this method is that the dentin structure of the teeth is worn out during bridge construction, and artifical porcelain coatings are made in place.
