A beautiful smile is probably everyone's dream. The most important reason to start straightening your teeth is obvious. The main motivator is, of course, straight and beautiful teeth.
Although it might seem that the only goal of braces treatment is aesthetic point of view, the opposite is true. Orthodontic treatment has a much higher overlap and brings far more benefits than we can even imagine.
Did you know that crooked teeth are more likely to decay? In places where our teeth overlap, a space is created that is harder to clean, plaque settles here, tartar and pigmentation can form. In the case of crooked teeth, we should therefore devote more time to brushing our teeth and undergo dental hygiene more often. Thanks to braces, we achieve not only a beautiful, but often also a healthy smile, because by comparison we can make otherwise inaccessible interdental spaces accessible and cleaning becomes much easier and more efficient. Thus, orthodontic treatment can be considered as a kind of prevention against tooth decay and gum disease.
As we have told you above, thanks to straight teeth we can prevent tooth decay. What can this mean for us? If we take good care of our teeth, we reduce the likelihood of frequent and unpleasant visits to the dentist, when it is necessary to undergo drilling and more complex procedures, which are often not exactly cheap.
Of course, it is necessary to go to your dentist for regular check-ups, but we know how frustrating it can be when you take care of your teeth and it is still not enough, because due to the overlapping of the teeth you can not sufficiently clean the interdental spaces and therefore caries occurs in these places.
Thanks to better availability, straight teeth can be cleaned better, so teeth can be healthier and healthy teeth can save you a lot of money for the future.
Did you know that with dental defects, there can often be poor articulation, such as sewing? Comparing teeth can solve this problem. Surely we all know how extremely important communication is throughout our lives, so the ability to communicate without any inhibitions certainly contributes to better self-confidence.
The wrong position of the teeth can even result in improper chewing habits. If there is minimal chewing of food, digestive problems often arise. In the event that the teeth are crowded and over each other, there is an uneven exertion of chewing pressure. Overloading one side can even cause a chronic headache.
An incredible 8 out of 10 clients of our clinics suffer from a bad bite. Often they are not aware of this at all and have no idea what consequences an incorrect bite can bring.
A bad bite can cause grinding of the teeth and also a variety of pains, such as headache or jaw joint. One of the most common causes of headaches is congestion of the cervical spine. By treating the tension of the muscles of the cervical spine and jaw joint, pain can be permanently relieved. Problems can have a simple solution, from loosening trigger points in the cervical spine, through adjusting the posture or even relieving the tension of the jaw joint.
Did you know that the jaw joint is affected by the position of the teeth? One of the studies carried out even proves that the bite and the jaw joint significantly affect the function and anatomy of the entire musculoskeletal system. In a group of fifteen rats, the bite and function of the jaw joint were altered by sticking a composite resin insert to the first molar at the top right for a week. During this week, all rats tested developed spinal scoliosis. After a week, the same pad was glued to the left side, which symmetrized the bite and TMJ function, and after a week the spinal curve was again straightened or significantly corrected in 83% of the rats tested. From the above, it is clear that the bite and jaw joint significantly affect the axis of the spine and the entire musculoskeletal system not only at the level of function but also at the structure.
There is a reciprocal relationship between the jaw joint and the rest of the body: The bite (occlusion) and the jaw joint significantly affect both the function and anatomy of the musculoskeletal system, and in the latter case, the scoliotic setting of the spine can be the cause of the development of temporomandibular dysfunction and asymmetry of the bite. In children, where the growth has not been fully completed, it is all the more valuable if the mentioned difficulties are solved early, so that further development can take place physiologically.
