Dental Brace Guide

For patients who have overbites that cannot be remedied using braces and elastics, orthodontists recommend that they wear headgear braces. The headgear works to prevent the growth of the upper jaw as it waits for the lower jaw to catch up. In most cases, a combination treatment is done, with the use of headgear and rubber bands to correct the overbite. It can be worn during the day or while sleeping, depending on the case.

Headgear is usually prescribed for children and teenagers, because their sudden growth spurts is ideal for correcting overbites. Older patients with overbite should opt for surgery; since their jaws are no longer growing, using headgear to correct the condition will be ineffective. Surgery should only be a last resort treatment for patients at a young age.

When your child’s adult teeth have all grown in, this is the perfect time to take him or her to the orthodontist to see if he or she will need braces. Typically, braces for children cost between $1,800 to $3,200, depending on what kind of orthodontic treatment your child will need. Invisible type braces like Invisalign will cost more.

The biggest worry children have about braces is that it might hurt, but most children report little or no pain. The initial banding and tightening of the braces might be uncomfortable, but the pain is short-lived and should never be the reason to end the treatment before its due time. The average time children wear braces is about 24 months, but this varies from person to person.

By: MJ

Though a lot of people might panic at the sound of root resorption (after all? Who wouldn’t?), it’s actually treatable by regular oral hygiene and visits to the dentists for further instructions. Root resorption is actually much more common than everyday people realize. With trends in orthopedic procedures going on, it’s not surprising that a lot of people experience root resorption.

To overcome this, dentists monitor the progress of the resorption through x-rays. Everyday oral hygiene should be observed, ie. brushing your tooth, flossing, etc. Care should be taken not to exert pressure on the gums as this will only cause more trauma on the roots.

When it’s time for your braces to come off, the next step is to wear retainers for several months. This is so your teeth stay in the same position they were at the day your braces were removed. The most common type of retainer is called the Hawley Retainer. It is essentially a metal wire anchored on molded acrylic specially designed to fit on your palate or the bottom of your mouth. The metal wire surrounds your teeth and keeps them in place.

During the first few days of using a Hawley retainer, you might experience more saliva in your mouth than usual. This is normal because the presence of a foreign object in your mouth stimulates your saliva glands. It might also be difficult to speak and eat once you start wearing your retainer but this will go away as you get used to your retainer.

By: MJ

Root Resorption is the breakdown of the root structure of the tooth. A subsequent loss of the structure follows because that part of the tooth is being attacked by living body cells. After it extends to the whole tooth structure, it is then called tooth resorption.
The normal causes of root resorption include the wearing of braces. The roots experience this because they were moved at too fast a speed and at too little a time span while the patient was wearing braces.
Other aetiological factors are reimplantation, trauma, pressure from adjacent unerupted teeth, and tumors both odontogenic and non-odontogenic.

By: MJ

d) Invisiline braces do not work very efficiently
- This serves true for people who do not stick to the prescribed habits and consistency that their dentists tell them. Since Invisiline braces are removable, they do not continually correct teeth.

e) Invisiline braces are a hassle when eating
- It is true that Invisiline braces allow people to eat normal foods. However, that does not mean that they eat food while wearing the Invisiline braces. The aligners must be removed each time before eating. Afterwards, patients are required to brush and clean both their teeth and the aligners before putting them on.

f) Invisiline braces may be damaged
- Patients who grind or clench their teeth during sleeping may damage the aligners since they are in the way of the teeth and are not necessarily indestructible.

By: MJ

As with new products, the Invisiline often faces criticism from disbelieving people. Below is listed some of the reasonable arguments that Inivisline induces from people.

a) Invisiline braces are expensive!
- No doubts about that, of course. Certainly, a new set of orthodontics that are specially made using high tech computer 3D imaging will cost more than the average set of braces. To compare, normal braces cost around $3000 while Invisiline cost around $5000.

b) Invisiline is not for everybody
- People with overbites, under-bites, and cross-bites cannot be treated with Invisiline.

c) Invisiline looks nasty up close.
- People who are aesthetically conscious might avoid Invisiline which does tend to collect saliva inside.

By: MJ

Advantages of Invisiline braces include

a) No more visible metallic hindrances in front of your teeth. People will never notice you’re in the process of aligning your teeth.

b) Patients can eat and drink normally. No more food getting stuck in the braces. No more avoiding chocolate, gum, potato chips or any other food that brace wearers are typically told to avoid.

c) Brushing and flossing is not hindered. No need for special brace brushes. Brushing time will take no longer than the normal time required.

d) No metallic aligners mean no more irritants in the mouth.

e) Patients only need to see the dentist half of the time that patient that use normal braces do.

By: MJ

Invisiline braces provide the same treatment that normal braces provide without the visible aligners. This is because they not only control the forces that should be applied unto each teeth to be moved, but also control the timing of the application of force. Every stage requires a new set and moves certain teeth, controlled by the orthodontic plan already set out by the computer for that particular stage. An efficient, less painful, and less irritating force delivery system is produced.
Though discomfort will always be present, in patients using Invisiline braces, they will find that they only experience this during the first few days of each new stage of the treatment. Naturally, this is typical as this is a sign of pressure being applied and that the orthodontics is working. Afterwards though, the discomfort recedes.

By: MJ

Most of you have heard of Invisiline right? No? A past entry explains a part of how Invisiline works. However, this entry does more than explain.
Invisiline braces or more fondly called, “contacts for the teeth” by dentists, are the latest innovation in teeth alignment procedures. It straightens teeth without the horrid metallic aesthetic that braces cause their wearers to have. This is because they are made with transparent medical grade plastic. They use 3D computer imaging technology to calculate the complete treatment plan and use several custom-made sets to turn the teeth from their initial position to the final desired position.