{"id":107,"date":"2022-05-16T10:57:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T10:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/othmanorthodontics.com\/?p=107"},"modified":"2024-03-31T10:08:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-31T15:08:15","slug":"orthodontic-treatment-for-adult-patients","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/othmanorthodontics.com\/orthodontic-treatment-for-adult-patients\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Orthodontic Treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Adult Orthodontic treatment, Orthodontics is not just for children anymore. Creating amazing smiles, and normal bite can be achieved at any age. If you have a healthy bone and gum structure. Presently, about 40% of patients opting for orthodontic treatment are adults. Some of those patients have had orthodontic treatment before, after some time, they stopped using a retainer, so they started having relapse in their teeth (shifting), while most of those patients have never had orthodontic treatment before. All the adult patients that are going for orthodontic treatment will agree, it is never too late to improve \u201ctheir smile\u201d ,which is their greatest asset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Going for orthodontic treatment, as an adult can greatly enhance your self-esteem and personal appearance. It is equally important to improve the health of your gums and teeth. Bad bite and crooked teeth can lead to tooth decay, bone and gum loss, and unnatural wear of the surface and enamel of the teeth. Orthodontic treatment, can be very important for adult patients before completing crowns, veneers, or dental implants for them to get long term stability and better esthetics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are more orthodontic treatment options for adult patients now than before. The new appliances, and techniques most orthodontists use, reduce the level of discomfort, reduce the frequency of the visit to orthodontist, shorten the duration of treatment, and enables you to choose from a variety of options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n