Dental Braces

1. What are aesthetic braces?

Aesthetic braces are tools that help correct many orthodontic issues, such as overbites, underbites, crooked, buck, gapped, and misaligned teeth. Tools commonly used for braces such as brackets, archwires, elastics, or transparent braces are attached to the teeth to align teeth and treat malocclusion.

The function of braces is to use constant pressure to shift your teeth into their positions over time. The brace procedure ends when your teeth are straight and your bite is adjusted.

2. HOW DO BRACES WORK?

Two popular options that individuals often consider are traditional braces and Invisalign. Both methods have their own set of differences and considerations. As follows:

2.1 Dental Braces

Braces are to attach brackets to each tooth and to tightly link them together by metal wires. This will create pressure to straighten and align your teeth as desired.

2.2 Dental Braces Invisalign

Invisalign treatment uses clear, plastic aligners to cover the entire set of teeth. Invisalign clear aligner braces are the use of transparent trays to cover the entire set of teeth. The tray will create a force to adjust the teeth to the desired position on the jaw frame. With the transparent material, Invisalign is becoming the ideal method due to its high aesthetics.

3. WHEN TO GET BRACES?

Braces are for the following problems:

• Overbite: It is a vertical misalignment of your teeth. The upper jaw often protrudes too much compared to the lower jaw, causing an unsightly appearance. To treat, braces are the method to align the upper jaw to the inside of the standard bite.
• Gapped teeth: It happens when the distance between teeth is wide or the teeth are not close together. Braces will create pressure to push the teeth closer together, helping you have beautiful teeth and a confident smile.
• Crooked and crowded teeth: When teeth grow unevenly, crookedly, or crowded together, braces are needed to bring the teeth into the correct position. It helps you own beautiful, even teeth.
• Open bite: A type of malocclusion in which a group of upper and lower teeth cannot touch each other when the jaw is completely closed. This will make chewing difficult and you will need braces to help your teeth bite properly and look more even.
• Underbite: It is the opposite of overbite. The teeth in the lower jaw will protrude and deviate from the teeth in the upper jaw. People should get braces early so that their face is balanced and their chewing ability is easier.
• Impacted teeth: It is a condition in which new teeth cannot grow outside through the gums because other teeth take up space or baby teeth have not yet fallen out. Braces will help align neighbor teeth to the correct position to create space for impacted teeth to grow and pull impacted teeth to the desired position.

4. The ideal age for braces

According to experts, the ideal age to get braces is within 2 years after puberty begins, usually between the ages of 12 – 16 years old (after all baby teeth have been replaced with permanent teeth). This is the time when the body is still in the development stage and the jaw bone is not yet fixed. Therefore, adjusting the jaw or crowded teeth is easy and highly effective without removing teeth.

At the same time, braces at this stage having an impact pressure from tools or braces will help teeth move quickly and give the desired results without needing to wear braces for a long time.

5. Braces Procedure

For the high effectiveness of braces, it is necessary to get braces according to the correct procedure, step by step as follows:

Step 1: Consultation and Examination

• Dentists will examine and take X-rays to carefully analyze the condition of teeth that are growing in the wrong position.
• Provide a general consultation of the patient’s oral health situation.

Step 2: General treatment regimen

• The doctor will provide a treatment regimen for the patient.
• Treating dental diseases (if any) before getting braces.

• Taking impressions of jaw samples to create appropriate braces.

Step 3: Bonding braces or getting braces

• With braces, the doctor bonds braces to your teeth. The brackets are attached to the crown of the tooth. The wire is placed on the bracket groove, creating a force to straighten the teeth. With INVISALIGN, the doctor will instruct you how to wear and remove the trays.
• During the procedure, you will feel a slight sensitivity, but the symptoms will quickly disappear after a few days.

Step 4: Re-examination as directed by your doctor

• You need to follow your doctor’s instructions on oral hygiene.
• In addition, you need to have regular check-ups to update the progress of braces and make adjustments to the archwire force, and brackets or change to new braces trays to better suit the movement of the teeth.

Step 5: Removing braces and wearing a retainer

• At the end of the braces procedure, the doctor removes the braces.
• After that, you need to wear a retainer according to your doctor’s instructions to keep your teeth stable in the new position.

6. THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW WHEN YOU GET BRACES

Here are some important things that you need to pay attention to during getting braces:

• Oral hygiene: You need to do oral hygiene carefully, brush your teeth at least twice a day, and use a soft-bristled toothbrush and fluoride toothpaste. In addition, you also need to use a dental floss, a mouthwash, and especially a water flosser – a useful tool, recommended for wearing braces.
• Foods to eat and avoid: During braces, you should not eat hard, chewy, sticky foods such as candy, ice, cakes, or marshmallows… to avoid damaging the braces. You should eat lots of fruits, vegetables and soft, easily digestible foods.
• Re-examination as prescribed: The doctor will closely follow the procedure of your braces and adjust the force on your teeth. Therefore, you need to have regular check-ups according to your doctor’s instructions to ensure the effectiveness of braces.
• Patience: After getting braces, you may experience sensitivity affecting your pronunciation, but the symptoms will quickly disappear. You need to be patient to achieve a good result and own your ideal teeth.

7. RISKS OF BRACES

Braces give you the desired set of teeth to have a bright and nice smile. However, you also need to understand some bad effects of braces such as:

• Loss of aesthetics when you smile: With metal braces, the brackets and wires will cause a loss of aesthetics, especially for people who often have to communicate such as sales staff, MCs, and tour guides… Wearing braces can make you unconfident.
• Dental problems: When wearing braces, oral hygiene will become more complicated because of the appearance of “foreign objects”. You may have bad breath, and swollen gums due to irritation with metal braces…
• Allergies: With metal braces, you may be allergic to wires and brackets, causing excessive salivation and swollen gums…
• Teeth are back to their original position: After braces or while you are still getting braces, you can experience teeth returning to their old position if you do not wear a retainer after finishing braces or do not have a check-up as directed.
• Discomfort: Feelings of mild sensitivity, difficulty pronouncing, difficulty eating, etc. will appear when you first get braces. However, these symptoms will disappear after a few days.

In addition, you may have some problems during and after braces. You need to follow your doctor’s instructions and advice to have and keep the advantages of braces.

8. Reputable clinics and hospitals for braces?

With many dental clinics and hospitals nowadays, choosing a reputable one that ensures safety and effectiveness of getting braces is quite difficult. To be able to choose a reputable dental clinic, you can rely on criteria such as:

• Spacious facilities and modern equipment
• A team of highly skilled doctors with many years of experience
• Methodical treatment, according to medical standards
• Good customer care, dedicated advice

Viet Phap International Dental Clinic is proud to be one of the reputable clinics, meeting all the necessary criteria for a qualified dental clinic. With 15 years of establishment and development, Viet Phap International Dental Clinic has become a trusted destination for a large number of customers. In terms of size, Viet Phap International Dental Clinic currently owns a chain of 9 branches in 3 provinces: Hanoi, Quang Ninh, and Bac Ninh. In the future, we will continue to expand so that all people, whether in the city or rural areas, can still have modern oral health care services at affordable costs.

Customers using the services of Viet Phap International Dental Clinic are completely assured by the warranty policy, which is implemented as committed. For example, braces at Viet Phap International Dental Clinic are guaranteed up to 10 years, and dental implants are guaranteed up to 15 years, etc. Customers will be supported to fix problems considerately following the warranty commitment.

Above are the shares of Viet Phap International Dentistry about braces, we hope it has helped you have a lot of useful information. Braces are a safe dental method for you to have straight, beautiful teeth and a bright smile. Don’t forget to choose a reputable clinic like Viet Phap International Dental Clinic – we will help you have a beautiful and confident smile, and be more successful in life.