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How Straightening Your Teeth Can Improve Your Smile and Dental Health

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Straightening your teeth can seem like it’s just to give your smile a better appearance, but there’s far more to it. If you have crooked teeth, this is what straightening your teeth can do for your dental health. 

Your Oral Health Is Affected by Crooked Teeth

Taking care of straight teeth can actually improve your oral health in a number of ways. For example, having straightened teeth will have less strain on the jaw and muscles around them because it’s easier to chew food when you don’t have crooked teeth. This leads to fewer headaches and other pains due to clenching or grinding of teeth.

Straight Teeth Are Easier to Clean

People who straighten their teeth expand the amount of space between them, which allows for more room in your mouth to clean effectively. This leads straight teeth owners to be less likely to get cavities since there are far fewer spots that food particles can hide or accumulate bacteria. Straight teeth can even make it easier for you to floss and brush, which means a much more effective approach to dental hygiene. If your straight teeth are causing less pain because of improved oral health or if straightening them just makes everyday life easier then this is something that will have long-lasting effects on the quality of your smile as well as your dental health.

No Matter How You Look at It, Straight Teeth Are Worth the Investment

At Stonebrook Family Dental, we offer Invisalign and Invisalign Teen to help you straighten your smile in a safe, discreet, and effective way. If straight teeth can improve your oral health and make life easier, then it’s well worth the investment to straighten them.

Can Adults Straighten Their Teeth?

Yes, anyone can straighten their teeth with Invisalign. However, it’s not a quick fix. Depending on your condition and degree of misalignment, you may need to attend regular appointments for anywhere from three months to two years or more before your straight teeth are achieved.

It is important that adults who want straight teeth take the time to straighten their teeth. Adults with straightened teeth are less at risk of losing their teeth with old age. Today, more than 20% of orthodontic patients are over the age of 18.

Benefits of Invisalign

Invisalign straightens your teeth without the use of metal braces. Braces have been used for years to get the teeth of kids straightened up. However, metal braces they can be very obvious and uncomfortable. Invisalign trays are smooth plastic that straighten your teeth gradually. They are nearly invisible, making them far more comfortable than metal braces. Additionally, they require no special care, so you can straighten your teeth at home with fewer visits to the dentist than traditional braces require.

Caring for Invisalign

Like metal braces, straightening your teeth with Invisalign requires some commitment to cleaning and maintenance. You can brush or floss like you normally would; however after each meal is the best time for thorough cleanings. For example, at night when you are brushing your teeth before bed, you can clean them using a rinse of one part peroxide and five parts water to remove plaque that can build up.

After You’re Done

After you straighten your teeth with Invisalign it is important to keep up with regular cleanings and care so that they don’t move again and damage your teeth and gums in other places around your mouth.

Good Oral Hygiene Comes with Straight Teeth

The reason straight teeth are better for your dental health is that they make it easier to maintain good oral hygiene. With straight teeth you can brush and floss more easily because there’s less room in between them, which reduces the risk of plaque buildup. Plaque leads to cavities and gum disease if not properly cared for. There are other ways straightening your teeth can improve your dental health, but this is the main reason straight teeth are better for you.

Straighten Your Smile with Stonebrook Family Dental

Invisalign straightens teeth and improves the chances of dental health, which is why it’s so important to straighten your teeth. To find out if you’re a candidate for Invisalign, make an appointment to see us at our convenient Aurora, Colorado location today.

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