Aesthetic orthodontics

Aesthetic orthodontics is impossible without dental health

Many patients know that brushing your teeth is a little more difficult with braces, and imagine if your oral hygiene was already in disrepair at the beginning of treatment. Unfortunately, there are still orthodontists who can afford to glue braces on «dirty» teeth without checking the sanitation and professional oral hygiene. If such a patient has not been to a therapist once during orthodontic treatment, he or she is likely to find a not the most pleasant situation with multiple cavities, inflamed gums and plaque after braces are removed.

Aesthetic orthodontics assumes that the teeth are healthy and clean before braces are placed, their condition is diagnosed and prepared for the bracket system. During orthodontic treatment, the hygienist is sure to keep the teeth clean, and the general dentist regularly examines the oral cavity. As a result, orthodontic treatment is completed and the patient has healthy, straight teeth when the braces are removed.

Harmony of face and smile

In the past, in classical orthodontics, there was a single standard of tooth alignment for all patients, other parameters were not evaluated and the individualized approach was very atypical.

In aesthetic orthodontics, it is not only important how the teeth come together, but also how they protrude from under the lip, how the smile looks, how wide it is. A great deal of attention is paid to the soft tissues and the patient's facial profile.

Whereas in the past teeth were often extracted and patients could get problems with the upper lip, which was simply lost, the advent of aesthetic orthodontics has helped doctors think about how to treat orthodontically so that not only the teeth are straight, but the patient smiles beautifully and has the correct soft tissues, no lip problems, no sagging or sunken cheeks, no facial contour deformities.

A skilled orthodontist in the concept of aesthetic orthodontics always predicts how any orthodontic intervention will affect the patient's appearance and finds the best option to control changes in both the aesthetics of the dentition and facial contour.

Quality orthodontic treatment can not only correct the teeth, but also transform facial features without plastic surgery - make the jaw wider or narrower, harmonize the shape of the lips, tighten nasolabial folds.

The absolute aesthetics of the dentition

If we are talking about aesthetic orthodontics, then expert-level doctors always have an accurate metric of successful orthodontic treatment, namely:

• even teeth, beautifully exposed when smiling or talking

• teeth surrounded by healthy gums

• healthy joint

• correct bite

• observing the harmony of facial features

• stable and aesthetically pleasing result over time.

Thus, the orthodontist's task is to make the tooth row straight, but he or she alone cannot achieve a smile according to all the canons of aesthetics as a result. Therefore, aesthetic orthodontics – it is always a great teamwork of orthodontist, therapist, orthopedist, and sometimes also implant surgeons. The final point for the patient in creating a perfect smile can be whitening or veneers and crowns, for which orthodontics is often an obligatory preparatory stage. This often includes periodontal treatment if gum health is to be improved. This is how aesthetic orthodontics, once the basic treatment has been completed, flows seamlessly into the broader concept of aesthetic dentistry.

Advanced orthodontics has already finally moved to the next level, where doctors are required to offer aesthetic results to the patient with aesthetic technology.

It's hard to imagine orthodontics any other way.

It is hard to imagine orthodontics differently in the age of digital technology, social media, the age of photography and video, where orthodontics – is a trend and visual beauty – is mainstream and one of the ways of communication.