Misaligned/Crooked Teeth

There’s a simple fact about a great smile – having straight and crystal clear teeth. Everyone loves to flaunt his/her sparkling teeth. In order to achieve beautiful shiny, white teeth, almost all people are ready to transform their awful looking, crooked teeth, broken and stained teeth into straight and beautifully looking teeth.

What are crooked teeth and misaligned bites?

There are several reasons why some people’s teeth grow in crooked, overlapping, or twisted manner. Some patients’ mouths are too small to accommodate their overly grown teeth, and this causes them to shift their position. In other cases, a person’s upper and lower jaws aren’t the same size or are malformed, resulting in either an overbite, or an under bite.

Problems associated with crooked teeth and misaligned bites:

Crooked teeth and misaligned bites can:

• Interfere with proper chewing and pronunciation of words.

• Make teeth prone to many dental diseases, increasing the risk of tooth decay, cavities and gingivitis

• Strain the teeth, jaws, and muscles, increasing the risk of breaking a tooth

• Make people feel uncomfortable or embarrassed about their appearance and affect their self-esteem

What treatments are available to correct crooked teeth and misaligned bites?

Various orthodontic and cosmetic treatments are available for crooked/misaligned teeth, and differ according to the degree of misalignment affecting tooth structure and facial form. After proper diagnosis and recommendation of treatment, our experienced dentist can recommend you the most appropriate choice for treatment in your case. These may include removable or fixed braces, retainers or invisible braces.

An orthodontic brace is the individual metal appliance or ‘bracket’ that is placed on a single tooth bound by wire, and each tooth has a bracket bonded onto its surface. A metal wire passes through these brackets to keep the braces on teeth properly aligned. Braces is a collective term for the brackets and wires all engaged upon the crooked teeth keep them aligned and cause tooth movement in the desired direction and precise position. Adults with crooked option can opt for an attractive option of ‘white ceramic braces’. These are invisible braces and they help people develop natural straight looking teeth.

Please visit our Multicare dental clinic us or call 02 9659 1200 to find out what are the available options for perfecting the position of your pearly white teeth.