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Adult Orthodontic Teeth Straightening and Alignment
Invisalign has become renowned world wide for providing an alternative to traditional orthodontic treatments that incorporate metal braces, brackets and wires. While the mainstay of definitive treatments for younger patients who are typically undergoing developmental growth changes, metal bracket systems are not the treatment of choice for many adults.
iBraces, another treatment alternative growing in popularity, provide the benefits of traditional orthodontics through a proprietary alignment system that is mounted to the teeth on the lingual side of the teeth. Brackets and wires are essentially hidden from view.
A large variety of orthodontic issues can be effectively treated with Invisalign clear braces. Tooth spacing, tilting, minor rotations and uneven incisal surfaces are a few of the issues that are represented in the pictures shown below.
Close up smile of a young adult showing mild spacing issues, uneven incisal biting surfaces, disruptions in smile line, minor anterior tooth tilt.
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Invisalign Pre Treatment Photo
Mitchell Pohl, DDS |
Retracted view of adult dentition showing a significant aberration of the upper anterior biting surfaces, along with tooth structures that appear to not have fully erupted.
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Adult Bite Correction Photo
Daniel Marinic, DDS |
Orthodontics and Teeth Bleaching treatment combo. A severe diastema treatment need pretreated with bleaching products. Power whitening has been completed and patient is ready to begin her use of Invisalign clear braces..
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White Teeth - See Through Cosmetics
Richard Winter, DDS, MAGD |
A severe case of adult overbite. Years of treatment avoidance causes significant loss of anterior biting surfaces necessary for basic eating and chewing. Abrasive wear and tear occurs on lingual surfaces of upper anterior tooth structures.
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Non existant Anterior Bite
Mitchell Pohl, DDS |
Multiple, mixed adult overbite - crossbite issues. Extreme mandibular arch and tooth positioning abnormality.
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Congenital - Developmental Growth Abnormalities
Ara Nazarian, DDS |
Adult Diastema with capital "D"! An unusually large diastema that worsened over several years accompanied by mild flaring upper of upper teeth and slight indication of super erupted teeth on the lower arch. Bite collapse is occurring along with abrasive damage to lingual surfaces of several upper anterior teeth.
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Non existant Anterior Bite
Mitchell Pohl, DDS |
Lower arch alignment distortion. Significant, developmental growth concerns untreated during adolescence continue into adulthood. Luckily, upper arch wasn't adversely affected. Slight evidence of tetracycline stain banding.
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Poor tooth positioning
James Sanderson, DMD |
A good example of how untreated tilted tooth structures can cause significant cumulative changes in the health of nearby teeth in the occlusal plane and the overall bite of an adult patient. Close inspection of three tilted lower teeth shows an occlusal phenomenon that is telegraphed to the upper teeth... in the form of wear or breakage.
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Tilted Teeth Orthodontics
Mitchell Pohl, DDS |
Both upper and lower anterior teeth show significant overcrowding and abnormal positioning which has altered bite and wear on tooth structures.
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Overcrowding - Erratic Anterior Bite
James Sanderson, DMD |
Where to begin? Overbite, lingual surface abrasion, tilted teeth, gingival inflammation, rotations, flaring, necrotic anterior teeth. A good example of how Invisalign can be incorporated into a comprehensive service plan that could be named reconstructive orthodontics.
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Orthodontic - Restorative Makeover
Mitchell Pohl, DDS |
Tilted anterior teeth, minor tooth rotation, uneven bite
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Biting Surface Inbalance
Gary Bram, DDS |
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