If you have crooked or crowded teeth or tooth gaps then brushing or flossing is not enough.
You need to straighten your teeth for better looking and better function.
crooked, crowded or gapped teeth are at a higher risk of developing cavities, gum diseases or even jaw diorders,
so any type of malocclusion (crowding, crossbite, edge to edge bite,overjet, deep bite or open bite)needs to be corrected for better looking and better function.
Otherwise they may cause periodontal disease, abfraction, attrition, palatal damage, complications in chewing, difficulty in cleaning or trauma to jaws.
So the treatment line of choice here is clear aligners.
They are a set of transparent,clear plates which patient needs to wear regularly for stipulated period of time to obtain desired changes.
They are more comfortable,easy to remove and are transparent in nature.
So the benefits are you need not visit your orthodontist regularly, you can eat everything as there is no restriction for food and they are better in looks as they are not noticeable because of their transparency.
So when compared to the traditional orthodontic treatment of fixed braces, aligners are far advanced,comfortable and better choice.
How to go about it
• Your orthodontist will take your intraoral and extraoral photographs
• your upper and lower jaws are scanned digitally.
• then treatment planning is done and a mockup video is prepared to show you before treatment and after treatment differences
• then the aligners are fabricated by your orthodontist
•on your appointment, your orthodontist will show you how to use them (how to wear and remove them)
How to clean Them, how to store them etc
•you need to follow the instructions given by your orthodontist and visit him again when needed or called.