Crooked teeth: Choose the correct or the easy solution?

Over time, the people longed for aesthetic excellence in their appearance and have sought to maintain a dazzling smile. In practice, a perfect smile depends on the shape of the face, gender, age and personality of each person.

Crooked teeth – one or more – are a point of aesthetic concern of many of us – not necessarily this does not mean that threatened the health of the denture us. Nevertheless, the self-confidence that is capable of offering a nice and healthy smile, enough to put us in thoughts for some cosmetic surgery. When it comes to, well, the time of critical decision, make the right choice? We know the advantages and disadvantages of each available aesthetic intervention in the denture us?

What's the problem?

Statistically, it is very rare to be born with perfectly straight teeth. Crooked teeth are a type of poor alignment of the teeth can even cause pain in the oral cavity. The bad convergence of the teeth is such a common phenomenon, so that the dentists and the dental technologists devote enough time to the study and application of methods to improve the situation of patients who complain about the alignment of their teeth.

The causes of poor alignment of the teeth can be hereditary, while often it is the result of premature loss of deciduous teeth. The change of raw (deciduous) teeth begins on average at the age of 6 years and ends at about the age of 12 years. The main reason for the premature loss of primary teeth causes poor alignment is that, causes unexpected or forced displacements that will make the permanent tooth to be removed from its normal position and to develop in a skewed alignment.

What options are there?

One of the safest approaches to repair of misaligned teeth is orthodontics, as well as examine holistically the issue of the alignment of the teeth and aims at a radical solution to the problem. Many patients choose who have decided to correct crooked teeth, choose straight to the add-sided resin or ceramic veneers (porcelain veneers), however, such an approach tends to be considered superficial, because "patch" the problem without necessarily offering a solution.

What's wrong?

An easy, but not always the right solution is resin veneers. The sides (cases) teeth are placed after a specific treatment on the surface of the teeth

In order to implement this, you may need to be preceded by rubbing certain points of the tooth with a special wheel. As one realizes, this is not what's best for the natural teeth, as well as the friction and the earth tremors generated may affect the denture. The friction wheel is painless and generally harmless, but it is still a foreign intervention in our teeth.

What are the potential risks?

The resin veneers are promising cost-effective implementation costs, however, in the long term, it can open the way for the appearance of yellow or discoloured teeth, because the resin is a fairly porous material and absorbs more easily χρωματικέ substances, such as coffee and cigarette.

In addition, I ensure the good health of the teeth, as well as on the margins of the veneers of resin and real tooth probably "hide" food and grow bacteria and other harmful substances to the teeth.

Mainly, the τροχισμός of the enamel of natural teeth, which is usually required before the application sided resin, is not recommended in cases of sensitive teeth.

The advantages of orthodontic approach

A common misconception is that crooked teeth are just an aesthetic issue and not an orthodontist. Sometimes, the term "crooked teeth" is misleading, because it makes the problem looks simple, and it may also apply more complex situations. In the world of orthodontics, even the most simple question of the alignment of the teeth is referred to as an anomaly that needs to be contextual observation and not only for aesthetic intervention – at least, not directly after the decision of the patient to proceed to fix it.

The braces work by exerting a uniform, steady pressure on the teeth, to help them to move to the desired position. The process can be started with the use of spacers to create space between the rear molars teeth. Once you have removed the separators are placed movies around the molars that will make it more stable placement. Metal braces are the traditional type of splint and can be used for the correction of most dental problems. Ceramic braces are exactly the same with the metal, but it's less obvious. In this case, the supports of the ceramic braces may be transparent or the color of the teeth, while the wires are almost undetected.

An alternative solution is the clear splints . The company SmileForm® is the first Greek company that introduced the transparent aligners in the Greek market in 2016. The treatment Smileform is the recovery process of abnormalities and deformities in the area of the teeth with the use of thin transparent splints instead of the classic metal or ceramic braces (metal or ceramic braces). With the help of the dental technologist you, follow the instructions uses transparent aligners so that the teeth to move gradually to the desired position. All cooperating dentists of the company is properly trained for the application of treatment SmileForm®

Who are the recipients of orthodontic approach?

An orthodontic treatment is open to any adult of any age, as long as it has fully developed the teeth. The treatment shall be determined in collaboration with your dentist , with whom you are in close cooperation throughout the process. The cost is competitive as compared with the other treatments. The essence of good accommodation solutions to crooked teeth, however, it is much more profitable in the long run, having avoided any complications in the denture.

Although the primary function of teeth is to chew food, the teeth can play an important role in the way one feels about himself. Crooked teeth can make anyone feel less comfortable every time he smiles. For some people, the recovery of misaligned teeth is a lifetime goal.

Today, the dental technology and skilled dental technologists have the knowledge and training, so as to take into account many characteristics of a candidate for orthodontic improvements misaligned teeth that should be the basis for further aesthetic interventions.

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