Orthodontics / Braces

Our team provides excellence in orthodontics based on the highest professional and ethical standards in an atmosphere of comfort and caring. Our goal is to create healthy, beautiful smiles that will last a lifetime.

From straightening teeth to treating jaw, face and bite irregularities, our thorough approach to orthodontic care goes far beyond ordinary.

Orthodontic Services:

• Orthodontic Treatment (Braces)

We treat:

• Irregular teeth/misaligned teeth
• Crowded teeth
• Specialty in – retrieval of Impacted canines
• Tilted teeth
• Retained deciduous or early fallen deciduous tooth
• Small lower jaw or lower jaw retrusion
• Tmj
• Localized or gen gap between teeth
• Overbite
• Underbite
• Open bite-u/l teeth look widely spaced
• Traumatic bite
• Protruding teeth
• Severe Gum exposure on smiling
• Habits- thumb sucking, tongue thrusting, mouth breathing.

The orthodontic braces require a comprehensive care with maintenance of oral hygiene from patients’ side .the completion may take a duration from 1-2 years depending on the type of treatment and patients response.

Eating with Braces

What can you eat? Let’s talk about what you shouldn’t eat! For the first day or so, stick to soft foods. Avoid tough meats, hard breads, and raw vegetables. Before long, you’ll be able to bite an apple again. But you’ll need to protect your orthodontic appliances when you eat for as long as you’re wearing braces.

Foods to Avoid

• Chewy foods: bagels, hard rolls, licorice
• Crunchy foods: popcorn, ice, chips
• Sticky foods: caramels, gum
• Hard foods: nuts, candy, corn on the cob, apples, carrots

Chewing on hard things (for example, pens, pencils or fingernails) can damage the braces. Damaged braces will cause treatment to take longer.

General Soreness:

When you get your braces on, you may feel general soreness in your mouth and teeth may be tender to biting pressures for three to five days. The lips, cheeks, and tongue may also become irritated for one to two weeks as they toughen and become accustomed to the surface of the braces. You can put wax on the braces to lessen this. We’ll show you how!

Loosening of Teeth:

This is to be expected throughout treatment. Don’t worry! It’s normal. Teeth must loosen first so they can be moved. The teeth will again become rigidly fixed in their new – corrected – positions.

Loose Wire or Band:

Don’t be alarmed if a wire or band comes loose. This happens occasionally. If a wire protrudes and is irritating, use a blunt instrument (the back of a spoon or the eraser end of a pencil) and carefully, gently push the irritating wire under the archwire. If irritation to the lips or mouth continues, place wax or wet cotton on the wire to reduce the annoyance. Call our office as soon as possible for an appointment to check and repair the appliances. If any piece comes off, save it and bring it with you to the office.

Care of Appliances:

To successfully complete the treatment plan, the patient must work together with the orthodontist. The teeth and jaws can only move toward their corrected positions if the patient consistently wears the rubber bands, headgear, or other appliances as prescribed. Damaged appliances lengthen the treatment time.

If you play sports, it’s important that you consult us for special precautions. A protective mouthguard is advised for playing contact sports.

There are many mouthguards that work well for sports. Some of our patients have been very happy with the "Shock Doctor for Braces" that can be found at our clinic.