How Straightening Smiles Improves Oral Health

Did you know that an uneven smile could alter not only the appearance of your smile, but lead to issues with poor oral health and bite function? To address your poor alignment and offer a more attractive smile with a cosmetic approach, we could provide an alternative to braces. In today’s blog, your Prairie Village, KS, dentist talks about straightening smiles with orthodontic clear aligners, providing a nearly invisible solution to your dental misalignment.

The Causes of Poor Alignment

What causes your teeth to sit crooked or overlap one another? Poor alignment could develop due to issues like thumb sucking or tongue thrusting in childhood, which alters how teeth sit. Losing baby teeth too soon could allow teeth to drift and alter how the permanent ones arrive, aiding to misalignment. Injury could be a factor, as could issues with the eruption of your jaw. In the teen and adult years, losing teeth could also upset alignment, and the eruption of the wisdom teeth could impact your misalignment as well.

The Impact on Oral Health

We urge people in our community with poor alignment to talk to our team about treatment. We can examine your smile to assess the cause and severity of your misalignment to see if you need treatment with our orthodontic clear aligners. Otherwise, your misalignment could make it difficult to brush and floss properly and leave you with a higher risk of tooth decay and gum disease. Your alignment could also be a source of strain on your jaw joints, leaving you more likely to suffer from TMJ disorder and even chronic teeth grinding (bruxism). But we can help boost your oral health, as well as your appearance, by treating your dental misalignment with our clear and custom orthodontic aligners.

Treatment with Orthodontic Clear Aligners

How does the treatment process work? Well, each of your custom and lifelike dental orthodontic aligners will be custom-made for your smile. The custom nature means a comfortable fit and treatment with precision, so you can see optimal results in as little as one year for some patients. You wear a set daily for about 20 to 23 hours on average, and each set is worn for about two weeks. The process is simple and helps you feel confident in your appearance again.

If you have any questions about straightening your smile with our orthodontic clear aligners, then reach out to our team today to get started. You deserve an even and healthy smile, and we want to make it possible for you!

Do You Have Questions About Clear Braces?

Our team wants to improve oral health and smile beauty with clear orthodontics! To learn more about correcting your uneven smile without braces, call Dr. Browne in Prairie Village, KS today at (913) 901-8585.