How does orthodontic treatment work?
Orthodontics involves the use of braces which apply steady gentle pressure that gradually moves teeth into their proper positions. The brackets that are placed on your teeth and the archwire that connects them are the main components. When the archwire is placed into the brackets, it tries to return to its original shape. As it does so, it applies pressure to move your teeth to their new, more ideal positions.
Tooth movement is a natural event in healthy teeth, and tooth movement can occur throughout life. Teeth arrive in their natural positions by forces from the tooth roots, the jaw- bones, muscles of the lips, tongue and cheeks, and biting forces. Occasionally prolonged external forces such as finger sucking can change the natural position of the teeth. A healthy tooth stops moving when all the forces on it are balanced. Orthodontics works by directing a force to the teeth either through the springiness of an arch- wire, elastics or the pressure arising from the fit of removable appliances such as invisalign. The teeth move in the direction that the force is directed. When the braces come off, natural muscular forces once again are the predominant force acting on the teeth and that is why the retainers are so important.
Braces use steady gentle pressure to gradually move teeth into their proper positions. The brackets that are placed on your teeth and the archwire that connects them are the main components. When the archwire is placed into the brackets, it tries to return to its original shape. As it does so, it applies pressure to move your teeth to their new, more ideal positions.
Braces use steady gentle pressure to gradually move teeth into their proper positions. The brackets that are placed on your teeth and the archwire that connects them are the main components. An ideally shaped archwire is placed into the brackets. As it return to its original shape. it applies pressure to move your teeth to their new, more ideal positions.
