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Shadi Saba, DDS
Hidden Braces Can Help You Keep Smiling
Saba Orthodontics
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Hidden Braces Can Help You Keep Smiling

A smile can make life more pleasant for both the person who smiles and the person perceiving the smile. However, there are a lot of people who are embarrassed to smile because they have teeth that are not aligned properly, crooked or with a lot of spaces. All these defects can be corrected with braces. Dental braces use brackets and bands fixed to the teeth with a special cement. A wire that runs from bracket to bracket help to exert force, that over time aligns the teeth as desired.

When this sort of treatment first started, the braces, were visible and quite often inhibited people from smiling and exposing their braces to the world. Technology has since improved, so that such braces are not visible and such hidden braces are fixed behind the teeth. Treatment with braces can last from a couple of months to a couple of years depending on the severity of the problem. The braces need to be adjusted regularly by an orthodontist to ensure the proper alignment of the teeth.

Hidden braces are also called lingual braces and are fixed to the inside of the teeth. Your orthodontist works very closely with the lab to design the appropriate appliance system for your mouth, keeping the end result of your treatment in mind. Customized lingual braces are far superior to any other type of lingual braces that do not use the customization technique, in terms of comfort and treatment efficiency. Not all orthodontists are certified to work with lingual braces. Ask your orthodontist if they offer this option.

Lingual braces are a much better cosmetic solution, as they are never seen and the person wearing them need not worry about smiling and announcing to the world that he or she is using braces to correct teeth defects. Normal braces do have a tendency to have food particles caught in them and this can at times be embarrassing. Even if food particles do get caught in hidden braces, they are not visible to outsiders because the braces themselves are not visible.

Lingual braces are available to anyone, adults and teenagers, however they have especially accommodated those who are about to get married within a few months and would like some improvements to their smile before the wedding day.

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