Invisalign is the most popular dental treatment option for patients who are looking for an alternative to braces. Although it is a fantastic way to straighten teeth, it is important to be aware of any possible side effects like dry mouth and bad breath.
Most people who wear clear aligners experience bad breath and dry mouth during their treatment.
In this blog, our Orthodontists will learn about such possible side effects of Invisalign, their causes, and how to prevent them.
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Getting the braces off (End of teeth straightening treatments) is followed with Retainers. Your Orthodontist will recommend retainers regardless of the type of orthodontic treatment you had received. This is because the teeth repositioned with dental braces should be stabilized to prevent them from becoming crooked or crowded again. In particular cases, dentists make minor corrections in the aligned teeth during this retention phase.
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Do you notice your teeth appear longer than actual and feel sensitive while taking hot or cold foods? If yes, you have gum recession and you need a surgical procedure to prevent its harmful consequences.
Gum recession is a common clinical problem that involves the tissues surrounding a tooth pulls away and exposing the tooth’s underlying regions. Such receded gums occur as an effect of bruxism, aggressive tooth brushing, Plaque & Tartar build up over the gum lines.
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People bite their cheeks for many reasons, maybe because of mental health conditions or minor accidents.Â
Chewing carelessly or talking while consuming foods can often result in cheek biting accidentally and cause inflammation or injury in the area of the bite.
Regular cheek biting that occurs accidentally must need to be discussed with a dentist. Misaligned teeth or dental implants is also a problem of cheek biting symptoms.
Some people bite their cheek during the night. This is a critical problem that requires proper medical attention.Â
This type of disorder is called body-focused repetitive disorders. Some of the other problems which are related to this disorder are nail-biting, lip biting, and hair-pulling.
Research says it may occur due to genetic factors. On the other hand, further research is going on to find a particular gene that plays a role in body-focused repetitive behavior disorder. If the research is successful, it will be easy to diagnose and treat these problems in the future.Â
Some of the other factors that include emotions, environmental factors, and stress.
If you accidentally bite your cheek occasionally it causes canker sores, it is not a big problem.
If the accidental bite occurs regularly, your teeth may be improperly aligned or maybe some problem with your jaw. You must seek dentist advice, and he may suggest dental braces.
If you bite your cheek while sleeping, your dentist may prefer a soft guard to avoid direct contact of teeth with the cheek.
This is a semiconscious activity and can be replaced with some other less damaging behavior.
This is excessive biting of the cheek, which goes on even after efforts to prevent.
Biting cheek repeatedly causes the area of bite to become scarred, paler, and thick than the tissues around them. The affected areas may get inflamed sometimes with purple spots.Â
Irregular cheek lining makes the person’s desire to biting continuously in the spot to create a smooth surface.
Some severe cases of cheeks may be found with eroded tissue.
Some people stop participating in social activities to avoid others who observe their behaviors. This creates shyness, less self-esteem, and makes them feel ashamed of themselves.
Regular cheek biting needs dentists’ advice to check whether the implants are properly fixed or teeth are aligned properly. A mouthguard will be prescribed by the dentist if necessary or to wait until the tissue gets completely healed.
-Some simple techniques which worked fine for some peoples include:
-Sugarless chewing gum to replace cheek biting.
-Taking an immediate deep breath when the thought of biting cheek arises.
-Finding how you get this habit and replacing it with alternative solutions.
-Other therapies include
-CBT – Cognitive behavioral therapy
-Commitment and acceptance therapy
-Habit reversal training
-Reducing stress levels
-Hypnosis
-Meditation
-DBT – Dialectical behavioral therapy
-Comprehensive behavioral treatment
-Medications
Once you identify the consequences of cheek bite, you can know how to effectively address the behavior, whether you are visiting a dentist, seeing a psychologist, or starting a self-directed plan.
This abnormality is caused by the combination of environmental and genetic factors, resulting in a reduced quality of life. Managing this irregularity involves a team that includes a speech therapist, cleft surgeon, orthodontist, dentist, etc. This study includes reviewing the different orofacial clefts literature, discussing genetic-based problems, related syndromes, and managing them. Prospective mother counseling should be encouraged to ensure that the early signs of the abnormality are prevented. To build awareness about its preventive steps, information on orofacial clefts must be promoted. More research needs to be placed on cleft genetics studies to determine possible risk factors that may predispose individuals to the disorder.
The lip develops during the fourth and seventh weeks of pregnancy. During pregnancy, as a baby grows, special cells and body tissue and from each part of the head develop towards the middle of the face and come together to form the face. This tissue joining makes facial features, such as the mouth and the lips. If the tissue that forms the lip doesn’t fully join before birth, a cleft lip occurs. This results in the upper lip opening. The gap in the lip may be a tiny slit, or it can be a wide gap that goes into the nose via the lip. A cleft lip will be on one or even both sides of the lip, or in the center of the lip, very rarely occurring. Children with a cleft lip may have a cleft palate too.
The mouth roof (palate) is developed during the six to nine weeks of pregnancy. A cleft palate occurs during pregnancy when the tissue that forms the mouth ‘s roof doesn’t completely fit together. In certain babies, the front and back sections of the palate are free. Just a portion of the palate is open to other babies.
Cleft lips and cleft palates together are also known as orofacial cleft. This is a group of disorders that comprises cleft palate, cleft lip, and both together.
The reasons for the orofacial clefts are undetermined among most infants. Some kids get a cleft lip or cleft palate due to changes in their genes. Cleft lip and cleft palate are probably caused by a set of genes and several other factors, such as factors the mother interacts within her environment, or the things she eats or drinks, or some of the medicines she uses during pregnancy.
Early diagnosis includes the following:
Typically, surgery to correct a cleft lip happens during the first few months of life and is prescribed during the first 12 months. Surgery is recommended for fixing a cleft palate within the first 18 months of life, or sooner if possible. As many children grow older, they will need additional surgical procedures. Surgical repair will enhance a child’s face look and appearance, and may also improve the breathing ability, speech, hearing, and language.
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If you are thinking to straighten your teeth, then orthodontic braces will be a good option. Some peoples think braces give a weird look mostly adults because children don’t bother about their looks. You don’t have to worry about it, because there are many different types of braces available. You can choose that fits you the best according to your face. Here are some types of braces for adults.
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