How braces in Windsor can benefit our mature patients
If your dentist ever brings up the topic of having a brace fitted it’s normally for a good reason. It is not just a treatment for our younger patients. Going for a set of braces in Windsor when you’re an adult can be quite beneficial as it can help correct a number of issues surrounding your oral health.
Here are just a few ways in which an adult patient at our practice could benefit from having a brace fitted.
Straighten out crooked teeth
At the top of the list we have the main use of braces in Windsor by our practice team and that is helping to straighten out misaligned teeth. As you get older plaque, tartar, and bacteria can hide in between those out of joint parts of your mouth and over time this can form cavities as well as put you at a higher risk of disease, or other infections, setting in.
Once they are nice and straight it’s much easier for our patients to clean between them and keep their teeth and gums healthy as they go into their twilight years.
Help strengthen your teeth
Over time your teeth can slowly turn and become misaligned, this is a natural process and in most cases they don’t move too much. But occasionally they can become crooked to such a degree that they can weaken the surrounding teeth as they no longer have a stable neighbour to lean against when you chew or bite. A brace can pull these twisted teeth back into position to strengthen your other teeth, stopping them from becoming loose.
At Old Windsor dental practice our team of experienced dental professionals can help you make your teeth last by providing you with a wealth of helpful information, as well as a range of treatments and techniques, to keep your teeth strong and intact as you get older.
Correct issues with your bite
Whether it’s an overbite, an underbite, or an aching feeling when you chew, a brace could potentially ease these symptoms. This is because when we chew or bite into something our jaw muscles exert pressure around our mouth and if there’s a misaligned part, either from crooked teeth or an extended bite, this force is unequally spaced out and as such we feel pain.
This can also lead to the teeth becoming cracked or chipped because of the pressure placed on them for so many years. Straightening out these portions of your mouth can help lessen these feelings of discomfort brought on by an uneven bite.
These are just a few of the various ways in which our adult patients can benefit from a set of braces. Having a set of healthy straight teeth as you get older will always be beneficial to you in the long run as it can help lower your risk of further oral health complications.
For further information on how a brace could benefit you just get in touch with our team at the practice for a chat.
