Children can be very cruel at times and the playground, a very hard place to grow up- especially if you have ‘wonky’ teeth and have to fill your mouth with wires. However, help is at hand in the shape of lingual braces, says a dentist in central Leeds. Braces are traditionally fitted to the outside of the teeth and are fairly cheap because, within reason, one size fits all, making them easy to produce. But lingual braces are fitted to the inside, making them barely visible and save you the psychological trauma of playtime scorn. They work in the same way as other braces- pulling and twisting the teeth into shape and aligning a malocclusion or ‘bad bite’. Once you have decided on this treatment, moulds will be taken so that the brackets can be made to fit your mouth. The brackets will return in a plastic applicator, filled with cement and fitted into place. As the cement hardens, the applicator will break off. Then wire will be threaded through the brackets and fixed and the treatment will begin. It can take a few weeks to become accustomed to them being in your mouth- there may be swelling and soreness at first and your speech may be impaired, but these will disappear. There is also constant monitoring of the process. Every 6 weeks, you will have a check up for infection and the braces will be cleaned. But with lingual braces treatment is lengthy- up to 3 years and they aren’t cheap because they are individually crafted for you- around £4000. That’s the price for avoiding ridicule!
Tags: Braces, Teeth straightening
