How do braces and aligners straighten crooked teeth?
Braces use steady, gentle pressure over time to move teeth into their proper positions. They don’t look like they’re doing much just sitting there. But in fact, every moment of your orthodontic treatment, there’s something happening in your mouth. Something good for you. The brackets we place on your teeth and the main wire that connects them, are the two main components. The bracket is a piece of specially shaped metal or ceramic that we affix to each tooth. Then we bend the arch wire to reflect your “ideal” bite – what we want you to look like after treatment. The wire threads through the brackets and, as the wire tries to return to its original shape, it applies light pressure to actually move your teeth. Picture your tooth resting in your jaw bone. With pressure on one side from the arch wire, the bone on the other side gives way. The tooth moves. New bone grows in behind. It may look like nothing is happening – – but we’re making a new smile here. Thanks to new materials and proce
