What kind of dental problems can orthodontics help?
The purpose of orthodontic treatment is to make the best of your teeth. This includes allowing you to bite correctly, eat more comfortably and care for your teeth and gums more easily. And your smile will benefit too. Treatment almost always involves using braces to straighten crooked, crowded or protruding teeth, close gaps between teeth and correct the bite of the teeth, so the top and bottom teeth meet when you close your mouth. Treatment usually lasts from 18 months to two years, with visits to the orthodontist required every four to six weeks. How common is orthodontic treatment? Around one in three British children has crooked teeth and needs orthodontic treatment to straighten them. Braces are usually more successful in children, and four out of five orthodontics patients are children. But more adults then ever now want treatment, many having missed out when they were children. According to the British Orthodontics Society, nearly 1 million people in the UK started orthodontic t
