There are lots of \u2018do it yourself\u2019 projects out there which you can complete successfully with just a little time and effort.<\/p>\n
However, teeth straightening is not one of them. There’s a common misconception that braces are simple \u2014 you push on the tooth and it moves to where you want it, right? Wrong.<\/p>\n
Dentistry is very complex. Human physiology, occlusion, biomechanics, craniofacial growth and development, tooth size, shape and morphology, as well as your overall lifelong dental health, must be taken into consideration.<\/p>\n
The most basic and popular online method of DIY braces is placing a rubber band around teeth in an attempt to move them together. While this may cause teeth to move, it can also cause a number of complications like tooth fracture, gum damage, root damage, tooth loss, or serious medical problems.<\/strong><\/p>\n It seems an attractive proposition to be able to move your own teeth, but when you move a tooth, the colour of the tooth might change because you are damaging the blood supply.<\/strong><\/p>\n Blood circulates just below the surface of the oral mucosa (the\u00a0mucous\u00a0membrane lining the inside of the mouth), and the placement of toxic, non-sterile articles in the oral cavity can injure it and is a good recipe for infection.<\/p>\n These infections can spread through the blood and could become life threatening.<\/strong><\/p>\n Another option gaining popularity involves companies that will send consumers kits to take impressions of their teeth, and will then send them alignment devices. They claim a qualified dentist oversees the process, but if \u2018overseen\u2019 means a doctor looks at some pictures and impressions\u00a0over the Internet, and the patient is never actually seen, then there\u2019s a problem.<\/p>\n Treating even a mild alignment problem is more complex than simply taking teeth impressions and fitting a device. At your dentist\u2019s office every patient receives a set of dental health records, which include tooth x-rays. It\u2019d also it is essential to have a dentist overseeing the treatment to monitor the progress and make the necessary corrections.<\/p>\n The bottom line? If you want straighter teeth, see your dentist \u2013 face to face. It takes a trained professional to position the teeth in their correct positions so no detrimental damage can occur.<\/p>\n So if you\u2019ve decided that straightening your teeth at home isn\u2019t such a good idea after all, then call us on 020 8088 2079<\/strong> and we can discuss your options.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" There are lots of \u2018do it yourself\u2019 projects out there which you can complete successfully with just a little time and effort. However, teeth straightening is not one of them. There’s a common misconception that braces are simple \u2014 you push on the tooth and it moves to where you want it, right? Wrong. Dentistry … Continue reading This will make your teeth fall out. Don\u2019t do it.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-treatments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}