You or your teen might want straighter teeth and wonder what method would work best. Milford Dental Group offers many choices for ways to correct misaligned teeth. Dr. Nina Raeisian and Dr. Peyman Beigi, dentists in Milford, MA, wants you to know your options:
- traditional braces,
- lingual brackets,
- ceramic braces,
- Invisalign.
While all of these choices from your Milford, MA dentist can straighten the alignment of your teeth, some prove less obvious. Some options you need to wear for less time. They differ in cost, lifestyle change requirements, and health needs.
Traditional braces use the metal you’re accustomed to seeing on people’s teeth in their teens. You wear them with rubber bands that help align the teeth. You can’t take them out, and you wear them for up to two and a half years. You must alter your diet while you wear them, so nothing becomes stuck in them.
Ceramic braces use white ceramic instead of metal, so they are less noticeable. You wear them for the same amount of time and still have to change your diet.
Lingual brackets fit onto the back of your teeth, so no one knows you wear them. They use metal, too, but Dr. Beigi threads wire through the brackets on the back of your teeth to achieve the proper alignment instead of rubber bands. This method costs more, but you get an utterly invisible way to obtain straight teeth.
Invisalign, your fourth choice, you can also keep a secret. You wear plastic trays that get updated every few weeks to align your teeth. As the teeth change position, your dentist provides a new set of trays. Only this method lets you remove the trays to eat, so you never have to alter your diet.
Since each of these braces or the Invisalign option provides you with improved jaw alignment, which helps reduce headaches or alleviate other issues, the choice is up to you. Let Dr. Beigi and Dr. Raeisian, Milford, MA, dentists, help boost your self-confidence and improve your dental health by straightening your teeth. Call Dr. Beigi at (508) 482-0028 to set your appointment today.