Braces for Adults

You are truly never too old for beautiful smile! Many treatment choices now exist for the adult orthodontic patients.

Orthodontic treatment at later stages in life can dramatically improve your personal appearance and self-esteem. Improving the health of your teeth and gums is equally important. Crooked teeth and a bad bite can contribute to gum and bone loss, tooth decay, abnormal wear of the tooth enamel and surfaces, even headaches, and sometimes jaw joint (TMJ/TMD) pain.

Invisalign is an invisible way to straighten your teeth without braces. Get a stunning smile without people even noticing you’re going through treatment.

Clear braces brackets offer an alternative to metal brackets for our adult patients.

Adult patients with multiple missing teeth can now be treated using dental implant supported orthodontics. Dental implants offer a rare opportunity by providing a solid non-moving support to move teeth more predictably and more quickly, sometimes using less braces.

The development of orthodontic problems are often the result of unfortunate jaw development. Adjunctive surgical procedures called orthognathic surgery (ortho = straight, gnathic = jaw) realigns the jaw structure for more balanced facial appearance and improved orthodontic results. These surgeries can be considered for severe lower jaw retrusion, long face open bites, gummy smiles, and underbites.