Caring For Your Braces

Caring For Your Braces

During the first few days after your braces are placed, eating soft foods will help minimize any discomfort or tenderness you may feel. Lowering your sugar intake will improve your overall oral health and reduce plaque buildup under your wires. To protect your braces, avoid eating:

• Chewy or sticky foods like licorice, taffy, or gum
• Crunchy foods like popcorn, ice, or chips
• Hard foods like nuts, hard candy, crusts
• Corn on the cob
• Raw apples or carrots

Advantages of Interceptive Treatment

Advantages of Interceptive Treatment

Some of the most direct results of Interceptive Treatment are:

Creating room for crowded, erupting teeth
Creating facial symmetry through influencing jaw growth
Reducing the risk of trauma to protruding front teeth
Preserving space for unerupted teeth
Reducing the need for tooth removal
Reducing treatment time with braces

Best Time for Orthodontics

Best Time for Orthodontics

Though an orthodontist can enhance a smile at any age, there is an optimal time period to begin treatment. Beginning treatment at this time ensures the greatest result and the least amount of time and expense. The American Association of Orthodontists recommends that the initial orthodontic evaluation should occur at the first sign of orthodontic problems or no later than age 7. At this early age, orthodontic treatment may not be necessary, but vigilant examination can anticipate the most advantageous time to begin treatment.

Invisalign

Invisalign

With 3D computer imaging, we can provide you with a series of clear orthodontic aligners which are designed to gently and discreetly straighten your teeth. Known as Invisalign, this orthodontic system enables Imagine being able to visualize your future smile before your treatment has even begun!

Invisalign is successful when you wear each provided set of aligners all day and all night. You will be instructed to wear your aligners for a 2 week period, only removing them during meals, drinking, brushing, and flossing. After 2 weeks, as your teeth begin to become more aligned, you will be instructed to transition to a new set of custom aligners.

Invisalign is a popular orthodontic solution for many teens and adults, thanks to the comfort, ease, and privacy that the procedure offers.

Clear Correct

Clear Correct

Another option, which is very popular among teenagers and adults, is Clear Correct. This teeth straightening system involves using clear, plastic oral appliances that resemble a retainer to gradually shift teeth. Clear Correct utilizes the same principles as traditional braces without the need for fixed oral appliances. Patients will wear removable plastic appliances called aligners. Worn over teeth like a retainer, sets of clear aligners are worn in succession to straighten teeth with consistent, gentle pressure. 

Clear Correct can improve spacing issues between teeth such as gaps and crowding along with promoting a healthier occlusion or one’s bite. Clear braces are advantageous because they are removable for meals and oral hygiene and look very discreet. In fact, those who wear Clear Correct aligners can smile without conspicuous looking metal and wire braces.

Benefits of Straight Teeth

Benefits of Straight Teeth

Better Brushing
Overlapping teeth can trap food particles. Straight teeth allow for easier brushing and flossing.

Clear Speech
Crooked teeth cause many speech impediments. Confidence may suffer and school/work performance may be impacted.

Easier Eating
Crooked, crowded teeth compromise chewing. Digestive problems can result.

Less Accident-Prone Teeth
Protruding teeth are more prone to breaking. Protective mouthguards may not fit properly.

Fewer Headaches
Crowded teeth wear unevenly. Uneven wear puts pressure on jaw, resulting in chronic headaches.

Improve Gum Health
Better oral hygiene means less tooth decay. Tooth decay and gum disease are linked to heart disease and high blood sugar.

Cost Effective Dental Care
Fewer severe dental health issues with straight teeth. Fewer issues means less expensive treatment.

Lower Risk of Soft Tissue Injury
Crooked teeth can push against soft tissues in mouth. Cuts, sores and infections can result in uneven teeth.

Increases Self-Esteem
One of the biggest benefits of straight teeth. More confidence at work or school and in social situations.

Orthodontic Affiliates

Orthodontic Affiliates

Location
Valparaiso, Indiana
United States

Tel No/s
888-722-5033

Email Address
None

Website
http://www.orthodonticaffiliates.com

Official Representative
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Orthodontic Affiliates has one basic commitment: to provide our patients with the latest and most sophisticated treatment available, at an affordable price. That’s why we think most people choose us over any other orthodontist in Northwest Indiana.

Dental Services
Facial Orthopedics
Preventive Orthodontics
Interceptive Orthodontics