Braces and aligners are now commonly used to straighten teens crooked teeth. Teenagers are more than just big kids so we take care to partner with our teen clients to create fabulous smiles.
The teenage is the best time to do brace treatment because the adult dentition completes around 12 years of age. Except for a few kid’s orthodontic problems , the entire range of orthodontic problems appear and are treatable during the teenage years.
For most teenagers orthodontic treatment with fixed appliances is the most efficient and effective way of straightening the teeth. Teenagers enjoy the fun of choosing colours to adorn metal braces but we also offer clear braces, and invisalign may be suitable for the older teenager.
Colour your braces traditional style brackets
Speed up with self ligating brackets
30 years ago the first question an orthodontist asked was ‘which teeth shall I remove”. Its not like that anymore and most teenagers do not need teeth extracting for orthodontic alignment. However there are still some circumstances to take teeth out when it is for the best – such as unrepairable decay – then braces can come to the rescue
Nowadays the commonest reason to take teeth out is to allow protrusive teeth to display nicely and to allow the lips to be kept closed without effort. In this example teeth stick out of your mouth and are crowded – to get a functional and attractive smile the front teeth must be retracted. Extraction of 4 teeth was used in this case but new methods are available now to avoid extractions if there are no wisdom teeth likely
To reduce the prominence of protrusive teeth there must be space to pull the front teeth back. This either comes from driving the entire dentition backwards using temporary anchorage screws (distalisation), or by space creation through extractions (find out more) and sometimes by both.
