Invisalign Treatment for Your Designer Smile

The practice of orthodontics has been documented as far back as 500BC!  Historical artefacts have implied that some primitive civilisations were seemingly as concerned with the need for straight teeth as we are today.

By the early 1900’s the introduction of metal brackets to straighten teeth had begun in earnest and has been in use as a primary method for correcting teeth ever since. However, dental technologies have progressed and as we have moved into the 21st Century, the latest innovations in orthodontic treatments have made room for the revolutionary new design known as ‘Invisalign’ which has developed an alternative to metal braces, with its invisible brace treatment. More effective in its ability to straighten teeth in comfort and with confidence in your personal appearance, not only after but indeed during treatment, the Invisalign system has changed the face of orthodontics for the future.

In order to straighten teeth, the Invisalign system involves the controlled use of a series of clear, removable aligners which work to straighten your teeth in a way that is both effective and un-traumatic in its nature.

The aligners are made from a thermoplastic material which is both durable and comfortable to wear. As the process of straightening is underway, your aligners are changed approximately every two weeks, with a new set developed, to bring you gradually closer to your ideal smile, moving your teeth into a straighter position step by step until you have a perfect smile.

One of the major benefits of Invisalign braces comes in the ability to remove them whilst you eat, enabling you to maintain a healthy diet, consisting of the foods you would choose normally, and also enable you to brush and floss your teeth as per your usual routine, keeping you happy and healthy throughout your treatment.

An average Invisalign course of treatment takes around a year and at regular intervals, during which you will receive a new set of custom-moulded clear aligners to continue the straightening process, determined in number by the nature of the individual treatment needs.

Because there are no metal wires and brackets, Invisalign is comfortable. With Invisalign, there’s nothing to hide.

Tooth-Coloured Fillings Can Remove Black Fillings For A More Natural Smile

Enhancements in modern dentistry materials and methods are allowing for new ways to create more satisfying, natural looking smiles. Dental research is continually developing more aesthetically enhanced materials, such as ceramic and plastic materials that imitate the appearance of natural teeth. If your smile is blemished by metal fillings, dentists now offer an increasingly common general dentistry solution through the use white tooth fillings. 

More dental patients ask their dentists about white fillings because they want their teeth to look natural when they talk and smile. White fillings, or composite fillings, are made from a tooth coloured material that return the natural appearance of a decaying or previously metal filled tooth cavity. Because white fillings blend perfectly with your tooth enamel, your dentist will often recommend them if the infected tooth needs to be restored are near the front of your mouth and also for back teeth as black fillings are gradually faded out.

A white dental filling typically requires only one dental visit, during which the tooth or teeth are prepared and restored with white fillings. An advantage of white tooth fillings, as compared with other dental restorations, is that they need less of the healthy part of a tooth to be removed to hold the filling in position. This is due to the fillings composite materials being capable of bonding to the teeth adhesively.

The dentist carefully applies an adhesive followed by a number of thin layers of the natural tooth coloured material. Once the filling is in place, it is chemically hardened, or cured, for less than a minute with a special light. White fillings are ideal for patients who are sensitive to metals and are concerned about the mercury content of an amalgam filling, or who simply want to preserve their natural beautiful smile.