I am an adult, orthodontics works on me?

What other method is there to improve my smile?

Orthodontics is the specialty of dentistry that is responsible for aligning the teeth in an ideal way. In the past it was practiced in children preferably but due to the aesthetic demand of the population in the adult sector, it has been redefined and re-empowered for treatment.

That is, the brackets that are used in adults, for the great aesthetic demand are white, with materials ranging from plastic, to porcelain or ceramic of high aesthetic quality.

Likewise, the wires to be used are coated with a white polymer, which further enhances the aesthetic factor so required in the adult patient.

Orthodontics can be used to close anti-aesthetic spaces, dental crowding, that is, disordered teeth, as well as a pre-prosthetic maneuver, that is, when a tooth is lost, those on the side or adjacent try to close the created space, with the consequent undesirable tilt , which causes an even greater disorder of the rest of the dentition.

In the same way, orthodontics is used in situations in which the maxillary bases are uncoordinated and therefore must be corrected by surgery. In these cases orthodontics is used to perform the alignment of the dentition prior to the surgical treatment itself. That is to say, the orthodontic treatment is started, the orthognathic surgery is practiced that seeks to solve the problem of the jaws and then finish with the orthodontics and the final finish.

If the malposition is not serious or a certain harmony is maintained despite having disordered teeth, you can opt for another method that provides a faster solution and returning a renewed smile. Porcelain veneers become a perfect solution to mask and beautify slightly rotated teeth or with anti aesthetic spaces. In the same way, this method can be chosen in the presence of dental discothias, that is, faults or alterations of color in the teeth.