The best way to straighten crooked or misaligned teeth is with braces, but everyone hates wearing braces says a Wirral dentist. The latest technology in braces is quite scientific and allows for new bone deposits, these cells produce bone that attaches itself to the jaw line and build up behind the tooth to make sure that the tooth can`t slip back to its misaligned position. The Invisalign brace is so called because the makers market it as an invisible brace; this is due to its clear appearance. The pulleys and pressure points are all self contained within the inside of the brace; the course that the dentist carries out involves changing the brace every two weeks. This is done quickly as the brace is designed to be removable for eating and cleaning the teeth purposes. Digital pictures are taken initially, and these are used to design the range of braces and make a CGI film of the whole process. This not only shows the patient the end result, but it also allows the dentist and patient to see that the process is working to plan. The process takes around 6-8 months to complete, but it can be longer for really badly misaligned teeth. There is another brace that is also removable and clear in appearance, it is called the Inman Aligner and this one has a thin metal strip which holds the pressure points in place, it runs along the front of the brace and is quite visible. The Inman only works on the front teeth though due to where the points are situated, but it works in much the same way as the Invisalign.
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Sunday, October 17th, 2010Lumineer’s are they really that good? Aintree dentist advises
Sunday, July 18th, 2010
Lumineer’s are the latest thing to come out of dental advances, they are a cosmetic solution to the age old problem of misaligned, discoloured, chipped and cracked teeth, says Aintree dentist. Made from a newly designed formula, which includes Porcelain, they are so tough and hard wearing that they come in a super thin format. Unlike conventional veneers, which are also made from Porcelain, these particular veneers can be fitted straight onto the teeth without any preparation work. Most Lumineer’s can be fitted by a dentist in their surgery, and in your lunch hour as they take less than 30 minutes to adhere to the teeth. Although they are very thin, they still cover all the aforementioned cosmetic problems that a lot of people have. With normal veneers a lot of preparation work is needed to enable the thicker veneers to be fitted properly. The teeth are shaved of their enamel and the veneer then replaces that enamel, which means that unless you want to lose the tooth entirely, you can only ever have a veneer fitted to it. The Lumineer lasts around 20 years compared to 10-15 for the conventional veneers. If you need any other work done on the tooth, then with the Lumineer it is quite easy to have it lifted off to enable this to be done, then you can either leave the tooth as it originally was or have the Lumineer re-fitted. That is one of the main advantages along with the reduction in cost.