What is Orthodontics and The Benefits of Orthodontic Treatment?
Orthodontics is a treatment to apply dental braces on human teeth. This is a course which is specialised by the person who has completed his degree in dentistry. Orthodontics is discovered by the pioneer orthodontists named as Edward Angle and Norma William Kingsley. They have really provided many efforts to discover this procedure to apply the braces on teeth.
The main reason to do this treatment is that it will help you to set the proper alignment of your teeth if they are not aligning in proper position. Thus this treatment is applicable for those patients only. Here we will talk about some of the basic information which is related to Orthodontics.
Orthodontics is derived from the Greek word orthos which means straight or Correct and odont means teeth.
Thus depending on this treatment some of the people having confusing that what really happens in it. This treatment is really time taking to make the proper alignment of your teeth. But it is curable for life time. Beside that some of the other treatment and procedures are there to make your teeth aligned but they do not have any guarantee for life time. Here we are going to discuss about those information related to orthodontics.
Application of Orthodontics:
Orthodontics treatment is generally done with the patient who having their teeth in an abnormal condition like outing toward front, zigzag etc. So this treatment is now available in every parts of the world as well. The places of doing this treatment are in government or private hospital having dental department or inside any private dental clinic. One thing we want to clear you out that normal doctor who only having the degree of dentistry cannot able to perform this treatment.
Thus patient need to find the doctor who has doing the course of Orthodontics and became orthodontist after completing the degree in dentistry. For applying this treatment for dental braces you need to visit the orthodontist and after applying the braces it will take minimum 6 months and maximum 1 or half year or more to align your teeth depending on the condition. If your teeth are slightly non-aligned then it will take less time otherwise it will take more time according to the condition. It costs around 15,000 INR to 1 LAKH depending on the condition of your teeth. The price may vary from place to place and doctor to doctor as well with quality.
Methods of Applying Orthodontics:
Now we will tell you the proper methods to applying the orthodontics to the patients.
- At first for the comprehensive orthodontic treatment the metal wires are inserted into the braces which is made or stainless steel or ceramic material.
- The wires are inserted on the braces attaché to the teeth for moving the teeth into desired positions.
- According to the position of the teeth, the braces are getting tight to hold your teeth perfectly and thus it will come in a proper alignment.
- After that patient will need to maintain those braces properly and consult with the doctor for once in a month for the best results.
- Wait for the time until and unless doctor prescribes you to remove the braces accordingly.
In India there are many clinics and hospitals are there for doing the Orthodontics treatment. Sometimes it has been happens that surgery is also made to done for applying the braces on your teeth. But no need to worry generally this is not happens for all. Those who have nay critical condition, in that case the minor surgery may applicable. If you also having this type of problem then you can contact with the best doctor according to you for getting reach out of this problem permanently.
Final Words:
These are all about the basic information which we want to provide you about the Orthodontics treatment for you all. This is a permanent solution provided for the patient who facing problem regarding the dis-balanced teeth. Rather than that the artificial process is also there but they may be not permanent if you are going to apply them on your teeth. One thing we want to tell you that for became an orthodontist the doctor should need to complete his/her full time post-graduation course in dentistry and after that he /she will be applicable to do the orthodontics course. After completing the course he/she will finally became an orthodontist at all.