Patient 1:
“I’m generally happy with my teeth. They’ve always been pretty straight… except for this one tooth on the bottom. Is there anything I can do without having to go through years of braces?”
Patient 2:
“I had braces as a kid… but overtime I’ve noticed my lower teeth to become crooked again. Is there anything I can do to straighten things out without going through the whole course of braces?”
Sound like you? I have many patients who come in with that complaint. Often patient’s aren’t aware of the available treatment out there… and when there’s a lack of knowledge, there’s a lack of desire to correct it.
In my previous blog posts, I have discussed the many benefits of orthodontic treatment, as well as growing trends in treatment options (eg. Invisalign). But what if we only had a specific issue that we wanted to correct?