The Clear Path To A Stunning Smile

Although many people associate orthodontics as pre-teen to teenage concerns, getting straight teeth which can result in a beautiful smile can be a goal at any age. The reason that braces and other straightening procedures are engaged in during earlier stages of life is often because developmental growth spurts can make it easier to influence the alignment of teeth. However, the human body is in constant change, and efforts to straighten teeth can really happen at any point in life.

Anyone from a young adult to a more mature person can still undertake the endeavor of acquiring a straighter smile and improving tooth spacing for both health and appearance. At Stony Brook Family Dentistry, we can outfit patients of all ages with Invisalign braces, which offers an undetectable approach to noticeable changes in the look of a person’s smile.

Taking Small Steps

While one great benefit of the Invisalign approach is that the clear trays provide an unnoticeable method for straightening and spacing correction, this method can also be a subtle transition to a beaming smile. The process is actually a series of alignment trays that are each worn for several weeks at a time, and the transition to the next tray only comes once a patient’s teeth have adjusted to the corrections.

The result of this step by step process is that there is less discomfort than there would be with traditional braces, yet, the Invisalign trays will still produce the same effect. This is because the different trays will slowly move the teeth into alignment, while traditional braces require major adjustments to force the teeth into place. Thus, the whole process is both more pleasant and less noticeable as it is happening, but the outcome is just as stunning.

Based on the precision molding of the personalized trays, the Invisalign method can accommodate a number of orthodontic issues that had once been the territory of metal braces.

• Crowding
• Gaps
• Crooked or turned teeth
• Misalignment

All of these issues can be addressed with the Invisalign braces method, which will also result in less discomfort for our patients. Since these clear trays use a process of moderation to enact change our patients find that their teeth are being guided into alignment. This can be highly preferable to some of the more forcible practices of orthodontics.

While traditional metal braces can be called for in certain situations, advances in the use of Invisalign braces have made them more applicable to mild and even moderate tooth alignment issues. This means that our patients are often able to have choice between clear trays and metal braces for numerous orthodontic problems.

Comfort At Any Age

At Stony Brook Family Dentistry, we can evaluate the needs for patients of any age, and help you make an educated choice for improving the look of your smile. We highly encourage people who are thinking about orthodontic work to contact us, in order to discover the possibilities that can lead to a beamingly impressive smile.