Dental braces are plastic, ceramic or stainless steel brackets designed to correct crookedness of teeth and jaw problems while creating a healthy bite to aid digestion.
Crowded or crooked teeth can create crevices where food particles and bacteria gather, leading to gum disease and cavities in children. Braces eliminate these hard-to-reach areas to keep your kid’s mouth cleaner.
Better Oral Hygiene
Dental braces not only help create a straighter and more visually appealing smile but they can also offer several additional health advantages, most importantly improving oral hygiene.
Food debris can easily get trapped between teeth and in tight spaces between wires and brackets. When left unattended, this can lead to the development of bacteria which creates plaque biofilm that coats teeth resulting in gum disease and tooth decay.
Cleaning your mouth while wearing braces may present more of a challenge, but it’s still possible to achieve good oral hygiene. Brushing must be conducted differently to reach every area around your brackets for thorough cleaning, while interdental brushes and floss threaders may be useful in reaching harder-to-reach places in your mouth and clearing away plaque deposits that could otherwise contribute to bad breath, gum disease and other serious oral health concerns.
Reduced Risk of Gum Disease
Misaligning of teeth can result in excessive wear and tear to your molars while chewing, leading to jaw stress that leads to TMD (temporomandibular joint disorder). Correcting this misalignment with braces will balance pressure on bone surrounding your teeth while improving overall health.
If you wear braces, good oral hygiene is absolutely necessary for their care and maintenance. Brush at least twice per day using a soft-bristled toothbrush with non-abrasive fluoride toothpaste; and floss once daily to remove bacteria and food particles that could contribute to tooth decay or gum inflammation.
Practice good oral hygiene to identify early signs of gingivitis before it progresses into periodontitis and has negative health ramifications on your whole body. Please schedule an appointment if your gums become red or swollen and bleed easily when brushing; these are telltale signs of gingivitis which are treatable with treatment.
Better Digestion
Misaligning of teeth makes chewing food difficult, which has serious ramifications on digestive health as food must first be partially broken down before entering your stomach. Braces offer the perfect solution to correct underbites, overbites, and other issues which make masticating food into tiny pieces difficult – ensuring complete digestion for optimal overall nutrition and improved overall nutrition.
Crooked and crowded teeth can become breeding grounds for plaque and food particles that lead to gum diseases like gingivitis. Traditional toothbrushing techniques simply can’t reach all areas that become plagued. But thanks to dental braces creating better spacing between each tooth, cleaning every crevice becomes much simpler.
While wearing braces, it is essential to avoid foods which could damage their brackets and wires. Sticky or crunchy foods such as caramel, taffy, popcorn or chewing gum should be limited or eliminated entirely as these could erode tooth enamel leading to decay.
Increased Confidence
A healthy smile is integral to one’s appearance and sense of self. Correcting issues caused by incorrect bites or alignment with braces can often have life-altering results – they often transform someone’s entire appearance!
Patients also report feeling more confident in social situations and in their career thanks to having beautiful smiles. While it is normal for some to experience a temporary decline in self-esteem as they adjust to having braces, it is important to keep in mind that the end result makes all of it worth while.
Braces may make chewing food for better digestion easier, as misalignments in teeth, gaps and overcrowding can interfere with proper chewing resulting in complications like indigestion and constipation. Chewing properly also breaks down nutrients more effectively for digestion by breaking them down before eating; chewing can also reduce gum disease risks through regular brushing and flossing regimens.
