Visit Our Invisalign® Dentist Office to Straighten Your Teeth This Summer

As an Invisalign® dentist, we know that visiting our office could be the best way for you to kick off your summer. Summer is the season for fun. With kids out of school, families heading off on vacation, there are pool parties, barbecues, and celebration all around. Now the drab, dullness of winter is in the past people are getting rid of their woolen socks, packing away their comforters and heavy jackets, and heading outside. People even tend to smile more. As a result, if you are one of the millions of Americans that is conscious about your smile, then you should definitely consider visiting our office to speak with an Invisalign® dentist.

With the invisible retainers working all summer long, you will be well on your way to having a perfect smile and the confidence that goes with it. Visit our office this week, and you could be starting your treatment by the end of summer. For many of our patients, this means that by the time Thanksgiving rolls around, with the family gatherings and photographs, you could already be seeing noticeable differences in the straightness of your teeth. The bottom line is that you don’t have to let malocclusion, also known as crooked teeth, ruin your confidence summer after summer. Take the plunge and start down the road to a beautiful straight smile by coming to our Invisalign® dentist office.

As an Invisalign® dentist, we will share with you the many benefits of using the Invisalign® system to straighten your teeth. For the purposes of a summer treatment, perhaps the most important is that you will not have a mouth full of metal the entire season. As the summer heats up so do people eating out, with things like barbecues being the focal point of socializing. With traditional braces, you always have to watch what you eat. You cannot eat certain foods, and when you are enjoying smoked ribs, there is always a chance that food could get caught in the metal around your teeth. This is uncomfortable and requires that you spend extra time cleaning your braces. With clear aligners, you have no such worries. You can eat virtually everything since you are supposed to remove the aligners for the duration of your meal. We do not recommend removing them for more than a few hours, since Invisalign® works best if it is in place at least 22 hours a day, but this is an option that you do not have with traditional braces.

By virtue of being almost completely invisible, your Invisalign® aligners will quietly and privately go to work giving you the straightest teeth possible. Very few people will notice the thin plastic trays in your mouth, and those that do may ask about them because they too have been considering how do deal with their own malocclusion. Fewer people will notice your aligners than would your braces, but virtually everyone you know will recognize the straight, beautiful, and confident look that you will have once the treatment is completed.  To get started, call our Invisalign® dentist office today.

Most people aspire to have a more attractive smile, and a great way to accomplish that is by having a teeth whitening service done by our office. Many people practice perfect oral hygiene, but that doesn’t necessarily mean your smile will be stain free. Yellowing and staining can happen due to several factors, but don't be discouraged, we can help.

Causes of Teeth Staining

Smoking and tobacco: This habit is not only unhealthy, but it is also bad for your teeth and dental hygiene. It can cause oral cancer or other oral tissue sores, and it can encourage periodontal disease. Smoking and tobacco use can also stain your teeth with a yellow tinge.

Drinks and Food: Drinking soda, tea, red wine, dark juices, and coffee can yellow your teeth fairly quickly if you don’t brush your teeth right after you consume them. Not only are these beverages mostly dark colored, but they are also acidic which can soften your enamel and encourage stain wear. Many healthy fruits and vegetables like beets, tomatoes, berries, cherries, curry, and many other foods can actually stain your teeth when you eat them. Don’t let this hinder you from enjoying healthy foods. Brush your teeth following consumption or swish water in your mouth to help remove stains before they set in. It can also be helpful to use a straw when you drink dark colored or acidic beverages. Rich colored candies can also stain your teeth. If it is staining your tongue, it is a good indicator that it is also staining your teeth, just in a less obvious way.

Poor Dental Hygiene: If you do not brush your teeth adequately, you are not properly removing plaque, grime, and staining substances.

Disease: Many diseases can discolor teeth as well as soften the enamel that protects your teeth.
Age: As you age, your enamel becomes weaker than it once was. As your enamel weakens, your teeth become more susceptible to staining.

Dental Trauma: If you have had an accident that injured your tooth’s roots, it can cause discoloration. An accident can also harm your dental enamel which and make your teeth more likely to yellow.  
These are not the only reasons you have tooth staining and softening of dental enamel, but these are a few of the more common causes. If you can avoid foods and drinks (or brush your teeth after) and bad habits that cause staining, your teeth will be more likely to remain a whiter shade. If you would like immediate teeth whitening, we can help.

Our office can offer you a variety of teeth whitening options that will lighten your teeth to a whiter shade. Many people complain of teeth sensitivities when they go through teeth whitening, but we have options that don’t contain harsh chemicals. We also have special toothpaste that you can use following whitening to relieve sensitivities and strengthen dental enamel. Whatever your particular needs are, we can look over your teeth and determine what the best teeth whitening options are for you.