Dental Braces Treatment: A Clear Way To A Winning Smile In Lagos
Everyone wants a naturally aligned and beautiful smile, and it is no secret that braces from Breeze Smile Dental Clinic Orthodontics can help deliver one! But did you know there are even greater benefits to wearing braces than just having straight teeth? Apart from the aesthetic benefits of braces, there are also a number of health benefits that braces patients will experience.
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Dental Braces Are Used to Align & Straighten Teeth. It Helps Improve One’s Appearance.
When you think of braces, you likely just think of straight teeth.
Although straightening teeth is a significant benefit of wearing braces, it’s not the only reason why orthodontists and dentists recommend them.
There are even greater benefits to wearing braces than just aesthetics.
It’s true that orthodontic braces can give you a beautiful smile, but let’s explore a few ways that they can help improve your overall health.
But first, what is dental braces?
Dental braces treatment is a way of straightening or moving teeth, to improve the appearance of the teeth and how they work. It can also help to look after the long-term health of your teeth, gums and jaw joints, by spreading the biting pressure over all your teeth.
What Are The Benefits Of Braces Besides Straight Teeth
Our team of experts here at Breeze Smile Dental Clinic want you to understand the other positives that can come out of having braces, and how they can improve your oral health. Read on!
Tooth Decay and Gum Disease
Your teeth may overlap each other and create tight spaces in between when they are crooked or crowded. This can make it very difficult to brush and floss effectively, which allows bacteria and plaque to build up, and will eventually lead to tooth decay and gum disease.
With dental braces treatment, your teeth will become properly aligned and spaced, and allow for more effective brushing.
The increased risk of oral disease such as periodontitis and gum disease is one of the primary concerns of dental braces issues. Patients with severely crooked or misaligned teeth naturally have crevices that are not experienced by individuals with straight teeth. These crevices essentially act as hiding places for food buildup and bacteria.
These crevices make it more difficult for patients to achieve the required level of dental hygiene needed to prevent health issues from developing. If patients fail to maintain proper oral hygiene, the food buildup and bacteria can easily develop into plaque, tartar, cavities, and eventually disease.
Correcting the teeth with the useof braces can eliminate these hard-to-reach areas, thus decreasing the overall risk for oral disease. When braces correct the spacing between teeth, and get rid of the tight spaces, patients are able to brush and floss more effectively and not miss essential areas of the mouth.
Apart from just oral health, having straight teeth can also improve an individual’s overall health. When a patient’s jaws do not align properly, a misaligned bite occurs.
As a result, the patient may experience bite issues that can cause unusual and hazardous stress to be placed on certain teeth and areas of the mouth.
During eating and other everyday activities, this uneven distribution of pressure can cause strain on the jaws, muscles, and ligaments.
Unusual stress on certain teeth may eventually cause them to weaken and become susceptible to chipping and breaking.
This can lead to infection and the need for tooth extraction. Correcting the bite through the use of braces can help to prevent and reduce the risk of these issues, thus contributing to the overall health of the patient.
Some patients experience issues such as protruding front teeth. This can be potentially hazardous, especially for individuals who are involved in activities such as sports that increase the risk of blunt force to the mouth. These patients experience a greater risk of chipping and breaking due to the positioning of the teeth.
In order to avoid the risks associated with protruding front teeth, they definitely need to consider orthodontic treatment through braces.
Difficulties with Speech
Your teeth play an essential role in speech. When they are out of line or lean too far forward or backward, this affects your speaking patterns, which can cause embarrassment and frustration.
Braces can adjust the positioning of the teeth to allow for clearer, more professional speech. They can shift problem teeth that may be causing embarrassing speech impediments. When an overbite or underbite gets adjusted, patients can pronounce certain words more distinctly.
Spaces between teeth may also cause whistling, which braces can fix by closing off the gaps.
Word slurring can also be improved with the help of braces by realignment of the jaw or teeth, which opens room for your tongue to move with greater ease.
Bone Erosion
When there are no teeth to support, bone and gum tissues will begin to erode. This is also true for poorly aligned teeth that leave gaps and spaces, or place too much pressure on the jawbone due to a bad bite.
The bones and tissues are less likely to erode and can continue to support the teeth in their new alignment with braces, and braces also help in supporting the bones and tissues in your mouth.
Braces move periodontal ligaments by stretching the connective tissues and nerves.
Braces help prevent erosion of the gums, and will alleviate pressure from the jawbone by fixing a bad bite over time.
The bones naturally rebuild once they are settled in their new spot.
Digestion
Your teeth play an important role in digestion. Before food ever enters your stomach, it has been partially digested by the teeth.
If teeth are severely out of line, however, they may not play their role in breaking down food as effectively as they should before it enters your stomach.
Teeth aid with digestion when you can thoroughly chew your food. If your teeth are badly placed, braces can straighten them for optimal alignment for eating and chewing. Once you can chew properly with the help of braces, your food will be more easily and fully digested.
The staff of Breeze Smile Dental Clinic will be happy to answer any of your questions about your orthodontic treatment or braces and how they can help you.
You can visit us today at 70c Allen Avenue, opposite MTN/UBA PLC offices, after First Bank Bus stop, Ikeja, Lagos or give us a call today and set up a consultation appointment.
Braces can help with many oral health problems, and may save you a lot of money and time in the future.
If you are not sure whether braces would be worth your time or money, consider the benefits above, and how they add to the value of this treatment.
You will be getting more than just a beautiful smile!
Additional Services
We provide superior dental services
At Breeze Smile Dental Specialist Clinic Lagos, we value your input and never take a one-size-fits-all approach to care. We recognize that every smile is unique and customize treatment plans to meet our patients’ expectations and address their oral healthcare needs.We are among the top and best dental service provider in in the country and offer multiple specialties alongside the best doctors and clinical assistants.
- Dental Examination/Consultation
- Scaling and polishing (Dental cleaning)
- Composite and GIC fillings
- Root canals treatment
- Dentures ( Acrylic/Valpast)
- Gum treatment
- Dental xrays
- Extractions(simple and surgical)
- Mouth Guards
- Orthodontic Retainers
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Your health and safety are our top priority.
Emmanuel Ikesu
Excellent doctor!!!Very thorough and caring. I was terribly afraid of dentists. He was sensitive to that and went extra miles to make me feel comfortable. Thank you, Dr Paul
Babatope o.
Professional treatment and advice. Courteous and we’ll trained staff. Overall good service.
Nnaleche chiwendu
My tooth had been hurting and infected for months. It caused me a lot of other systemic infections. Dr Obadimu was great with extraction. Even though I was nervous, He took time to make me comfortable and procedure was well done.
How to Find Us
Address
70c Allen Avenue, opposite MTN/UBA PLC offices, after First Bank Bus stop, Ikeja.
Phone
+234 7010508113
+234 9062017674
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