A good smile can be one of the greatest assets in a person’s life. It’s a small and simple thing but it pays back in so many ways. Stand out in the crowd, be remarkable, and best of all improve the complete health and appearance. But unfortunately, all of us are not blessed with a “good smile”. Medical conditions like crooked teeth can prevent a person from achieving that one gorgeous smile.
Do not worry, crooked, misaligned teeth are very common. Many children and adults have them. Sometimes Teeth aren’t perfectly aligned. However, if you’re unhappy, or if the teeth are causing pain or speech issue, aligning them by teeth straightening treatment can add personality and charm to your smile.
Causes leading to crooked teeth
- Thumb-sucking:
Habits like Thumb sucking put pressure on the teeth, forcing them to move into a new position. It often causes a big gap between the two jaws.
- Dental Restoration:
Badly fixed dental implants can misalign natural teeth and thus making them to move in unnatural position.
- Missing Teeth:
Early loss of milk teeth can affect the positioning of the remaining teeth. Sometimes it causes crowding.
- Ageing:
As we age, time can take a toll on the teeth. The decrease in density of the jaw bone over the years causes it to change shape and thus the natural alignment of the teeth.
- Gum Disease:
It can impact the teeth by making the teeth lose.
- Facial Injury:
If you’re into sports, an injury or trauma can cause your teeth to move. Cautions must be taken while playing.
Okay so we all can agree that sometimes crooked teeth or misaligned teeth may not look aesthetically pleasing, so in this blog I’m going to discuss what are the effects of crooked teeth and what are the cosmetic options to correct them.
Crooked teeth are not just aesthetically not pleasing which can significantly bring down self esteem level in some people but they might also tend to be the area where food gets commonly lodged. Such areas are also difficult to clean via brushing and sometimes flossing in these areas results in frequent shredding of floss. One way which is very common method to correct crooked teeth is via braces but as said above that in this blog we are going to discuss cosmetic correction of crooked teeth.
LUMINEERS : they are extremely thin, tooth coloured shells which can be fixed in front surface of the tooth. They can be used to fix crooked teeth, chipped tooth, stained tooth, closure of gaps and restoring size of worn out tooth. Lumineers are thinner than veneers and refracts natural light much better than veneers. They are very strong too.
VENEERS : they are made of porcelain material which can be placed over the tooth, can be shaped as needed. Since porcelains don’t stain so veneers remains stain free for a long period.
INVISIBLE BRACES : as opposed to traditional braces, invisible braces are thin plastic trays which are needed to be worn over the teeth for certain period of time. These trays can be removed by patient themselves. Since these are transparent hence aesthetically pleasing.
RESIN BONDING : cosmetic correction by using resin bonding materials commonly known as composite material can also be done. Here tooth shade and composite material shade to be used are determined and matched before the procedure and then the material is layered over the areas requiring correction and polished. The resin bonded materials gets discoloured over a period of time as composite resins takes up stains fairly quickly hence it might require frequent changing and or polishing. It is hence not advised to patients who are avid caffeine addicted and or to people who consumes lots of coloured food and beverages.
We at AESTHETICA DENTAL CLINIC SARAT BOSE ROAD, have a team of specialists who deals in COSMETIC CORRECTION of misaligned teeth