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Cleaning<\/strong><\/p>\nEven mildly misaligned teeth can be difficult to keep clean. Plaque builds up in nooks and crevices where the toothbrush finds it hard to get into. Plaque gives off acids that eat away at tooth enamel and gums, so misaligned teeth are more likely to develop decay and gum disease. This means that these teeth may not last as long as others.<\/p>\n
Eating<\/strong><\/p>\n If you have misalignments, there may be a chance that some of your teeth are bearing more of the brunt of chewing and eating than others. After years of taking all the strain, there is more chance they will crack and crumble in mid to later years of life. Straight teeth work as a team, spreading out the powerful forces that are created by chewing and biting.<\/p>\n Smiling<\/strong><\/p>\n If you feel good about your teeth and how they look, you are more likely to smile. And every timey you smile, your body releases tiny amounts of serotonin, the happiness neuropeptide, making you feel happier and therefore more likely to smile. It\u2019s an upward spiral.<\/p>\n Also, people respond to smiles with smiles of their own, and feelings of warmth and generosity.<\/p>\n Six Month Smiles<\/strong><\/p>\n This system of braces uses brackets made of clear ceramic and fine tooth-coloured wires to straighten out the social six teeth at the front of the mouth, the ones most visible when we smile.<\/p>\n The average treatment time is only 6 months, hence the name. These teeth have only one root, which makes them easier to move with gentler forces, so the braces are smaller than your average metal train track braces.<\/p>\n After treatment with us at Farnham Road Dental Practice in Guildford<\/strong>, you will need to wear a retainer for some time while your jawbone hardens around the teeth in their new positions. You can have one bonded to the back of your teeth, or wear a removable retainer at night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If you could get your teeth straightened in half a year or so, and not look like the nerdy kid at the front of the class while you did it, would you make braces a priority for 2019? Having straighter teeth has several great benefits. Cleaning Even mildly misaligned teeth can be difficult to keep … Continue reading Braces that won\u2019t steal your show<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":324,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322\/revisions\/324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}