How can orthodontic treatment help?

Crooked, cracked and chipped teeth make can affect your look and smile. Orthodontists are medical practitioners from the field of dentistry who specialization in the treatment of jaw and tooth repositioning issues.

Types of treatment

Among the variety of options available, orthodontist after critically examining your dental condition may recommend the treatment best suited for you. The treatment offers several benefits including:

• Improving digestion
• Repositioning of teeth and jaws
• Improves the aesthetic and functionality of dental pieces.

Devices

Orthodontic devices are either fixed or removable. These devices help in shaping the teeth to improve their overall appearance.

Fixed appliances

Fixed dental appliances include braces made up of bands and wires to improve the teeth alignment.

Braces

Braces improve the facial image of a person by treating dental issues like overbites, underbites, jaw repositioning, cracked and chipped tooth, etc.

Orthodontists also recommend space maintainers. These are further classified as fixed and removable space maintainers.

Fixed-space maintainers

Being custom-made fixed space maintainers are cemented in mouth keeping space for the permanent tooth to burst out.

Removable space maintainers

These dental appliances can be removed for cleaning purpose so as to maintain oral hygiene.

Special fixed appliances

Designed to prevent habits like thumb sucking and tongue thrusting.

Removable orthodontic appliances

When there exists space between teeth due to fallen tooth devices such as aligners, headgears, palatal expander and retainers can help.

Who should see an orthodontist?

Whenever experiencing a problem with jaw and tooth functionality, one should take some home remedy for temporary relief post which an appointment with an orthodontist is must to heal your dental pains.

Starting treatment

Treatment basically gets the start at an early stage to maintain and initiate a good oral care routine.

Diagnosis

This process involves carefully examining the dental issues so as suggest the best-suited treatment, thereby easing a patient’s pain and curing infections.

Orthodontist versus dentist

There is a difference between Orthodontist and dentist. Typically major dental surgeries are performed by an orthodontist. However, regular check-ups and cavity filling can be done by a dentist.