Straighter Teeth Can Improve Your Oral Health and More!

You may think that straightening your smile is all about having more beautiful pearly whites, but it’s much more than that. Did you know that receiving orthodontic care can actually decrease your likelihood of having tooth decay and gum disease? Over 4 million people wear braces, and they are not only straightening their teeth, but they are decreasing their chances for oral health problems. Straighter teeth have many social and professional benefits and having a better smile can land you a job over your competition. Straighter teeth are also teeth that are much easier to clean, which means you have to worry less about tooth decay. Find out all the benefits you get from getting a straighter smile and what options are available for you to get that smile today!

Improve Your Oral Health

Many people don’t pay much attention to their oral health, which is sad. Tooth decay and gum disease statistics continue to grow worse with each passing year. Reports show that only about 65% of people actually visit a dentist on a yearly basis. We wish that number was 100%. More than 64 million people are dealing with gum disease, and that is only counting American adults! Many millions more have tooth decay. These problems lead to lost teeth, extensive dental work, mouth pain, infections, and much more.

Brushing and flossing are the simplest ways to keep your oral health in check. The American Dental Association recommends that every person brush at least twice a day and floss at least once. However, those simple tasks can be difficult to accomplish if your teeth are crooked. A toothbrush may not be able to reach certain nooks and crannies because of protruding teeth that get in the way. Some people can’t even get floss through certain areas because the teeth are at abnormal angles. The solution? Straighten your teeth! With modern technology available to patients today, straighter teeth is an easy and obtainable goal in 18-24 months or less. After that time, getting floss between teeth is simple and brushing is even easier.

Worth the Money?

If you are trying to decide if investing money in getting straighter teeth is worth it, consider the benefits. Straightening teeth takes about 18-24 months on average to do. Studies suggest that the average person lives to be about 79 years old. So for 1.5-2 years of your life, you can enjoy straight teeth for many decades to come. Or you could live with crooked teeth for all those years (but most people prefer straighter teeth).

Straighter teeth can save also you money in the long run because your risk for oral health problems decreases if your teeth are straighter. Crooked teeth can trap food and make cleaning impossible in some areas. Those areas of your teeth end up decaying, and then you need dental work done that you otherwise would not have needed. If that happens all over in your mouth, then you have dental bills that start to pile up quite quickly. For some people, they will start losing more money with dental procedures than they ever would have with paying for orthodontic treatment. Plus, straighter teeth can get you ahead professionally, as many studies show.

Straighter Teeth Can Mean Better Jobs

As technology advances, the job market becomes ever more competitive, so you need as many things working for you as you can to land a great job. Studies show that people with straighter teeth are more likely to be chosen over their competition if their competitor has crooked teeth. Why? Straighter teeth lead to a cleaner-looking overall appearance. Plus, how well you take care of your oral health is an indication of how well you take care of your overall health. If your teeth are straight, then you took the time and effort to straighten them. That time and effort will show through to a potential employer, which could land you the job.

Studies also show that people with straighter teeth have these benefits as well:

• They are seen as more attractive, more dateable, smarter and healthier than people with crooked teeth.
• The Dental Tribune reports that people are perceived as happier if their teeth are straighter. This is also because people tend to smile more when they are confident about their smile, which in turn helps others naturally see them as more confident and happy.
• The survey reported that people with straighter teeth were 58% more likely to be wealthy and 45% more likely to get a job.
• Over 70% of people would trust someone with straighter teeth over someone that didn’t have straight teeth.

Making Straighter Teeth a Possibility

You don’t always have to have pockets of money in order to get straighter teeth. Some families simply can’t afford it, and we realize that. There have been many studies done (such as one by The New York Times) that focused on this very issue. Many families that can’t necessarily afford braces still end up getting them for children because there are just too many benefits of braces. Children perform better in school and get better jobs when they are older. No matter the age of the person, straighter teeth are proven to lead to more confidence—even in very small children. Many families find that getting orthodontic care is a necessity to the success of their children. This leads many to cut out things that aren’t necessities to have money here and there to go towards orthodontic treatment.

Many insurance companies also work with families to help make braces a reality. That’s because straightening teeth can decrease oral health problems later on. We offer orthodontic treatment via Invisalign treatment to our patients. To find out what this orthodontic treatment entails and how to make it a possibility for your family, call Stonebrook Family Dental at (303) 872-7907!