The age of great teeth

If you look back over time, you will find that people have always done their best to look after their teeth. There are human remains going back 9,000 years or more that have evidence of having had dental work done to them. And, certainly the ancient Egyptians were keen to experiment with ways to straighten teeth.

Now, we have reached a time when braces work really well on all sorts of alignment problems and there are fewer and fewer excuses for wonky teeth. In fact, you rarely see them on millennials.

Don’t be fooled into thinking that more people are having straighter teeth come through naturally; there are as many wonky teeth as ever. The difference is that devices for straightening teeth are more discreet and more of them are designed to work on mild misalignments. Mildly wonky teeth take less time to straighten and can be fixed with devices that can barely be seen, such as Invisalign. In St John’s Wood, at Aura Dental, we are accredited to use Invisalign on our patients, and, they love this tooth straightening by stealth.

Invisalign in St John’s Wood: the lowdown

If you have never heard of Invisalign, then prepare to be a bit surprised. This device is nothing like traditional bracket and wire braces. There are no wires, and only two metal clips on your back teeth. The rest of the device is a very thin plastic tray that snaps on over your teeth rather like a mouth guard.

Instead of having just one device that stays glued to your teeth for months on end, Invisalign is a series of clear aligner trays. You wear each one for 7-10 days before moving on to the next. The straightening comes from precision-placed pressure points within each aligner that gently nudge your teeth one tiny step towards alignment. Once the pressure of each aligner wears off, it’s time to move onto the next one.

At 0.3mm thick, it’s almost impossible to see the aligners once they are in place. Plus, they are removable for eating, drinking anything other than plain water and for cleaning.

To find out more about Invisalign in St John’s Wood, why not come in for a consultation?