Articles about teeth straightening and brace treatment
After my last post, I got so many kind messages so I want to start by thanking everyone who took the time to private message me, to tell me how useful they find these blog posts! So, that said, lets get on with todays case walk through: I got a simple Class 2 Div…
Okay, I apologize in for the slightly click-bait title to this weeks blog. Just before I get some arsy emails – lets be clear – I cannot treat big skeletal discrepancies with ortho, complex or simple. I can’t even treat with surgery – Ill leave that to the specialists! Here is a case walkthrough of…
Here is a single arch case, where if I had done this without extractions, the patient would have hated the result! So here is my thinking, and treatment planning. Great, so lets do the planning: On the right, she is 1/2 unit class 2 (canine), almost class 1 molars, and on the left, 1/2…
Here is a really simple case, that every GDP should be able to help their patients with! Now, every brace company out there is promoting how fast their system is. The truth is that if you put a force on a tooth, it will move at its own pace, no matter the what shape bracket, or…
The story for this guy is that he came to see a referring dentist of mine, asking for veneers to improve his smile. Now, its pretty clear that veneers will not be able to give this guy the smile he is looking for. The plan was to ‘jump the bite’ with the upper incisors, and…
This is a pretty common questions, and what has happened here is that the lower teeth have started to overlap, and as they do so, they start to push the back of the upper teeth, making them go out of place as well! Options for what to do: So the problem here is tooth position,…
This is the most common misconception when it comes to straightening your teeth. Many people believe that wisdom teeth cause pressure, and push everything forward, and hence the front teeth get overlapped. This is clearly logical thinking, because you will feel pressure when the wisdom teeth come out, and at the same kind of time,…
Dental braces can be used to gently move teeth into a better position. In most cases, dental braces can be used to close gaps, but to understand exactly what is possible, you need to understand the types of dental gaps which are possible. General spacing This is where you have all teeth, but they are…
Teeth straightening is becoming more and more popular, due to the dramatic improvements possible, short treatment times, and relative low costs (compared to smile design with cosmetic veneers). If you are trying to move teeth, then is it likely that the lips and face may change, so is it possible to have teeth straightening and…
If you are thinking about straightening your teeth, then you may need to find out prices and the fee for your treatment often depends on the complexity of the treatment, so what do dentists or orthodontists look for when judging the complexity of your treatment? There is no way I could explain every aspect we…