Until not so long ago, orthodontic treatment seemed to be limited to children and adolescents, but more and more adults are coming to the clinic for orthodontic evaluation.
The reasons are exactly the same for all patients regardless of age: malocclusions, crowding, periodontal problems, joint problems, etc, although it is true that in adults there is a great demand for orthodontic treatment for loss of teeth that want to be replaced with prostheses or implants and that, due to the time they have been without these teeth and the movement of adjacent teeth, this rehabilitation requires prior orthodontic treatment.
Orthodontics in adults: How to choose the most appropriate treatment?
Current orthodontics offers a wide range of possibilities for adult patients. The continuous progress in this field makes it possible for patients to have access to increasingly more aesthetic and discreet treatments, which is the main demand for this population group.
It is the orthodontic specialist who must guide the patient on the individual needs of each patient, the problems to be corrected and the most appropriate type of treatment in each case.
Patients with crowns: can they have orthodontics?
Of course they can. The only difference is the bonding technique, which is different if it is the tooth enamel itself or ceramic crowns.
It should be remembered that crowns are nothing more than a reinforcement on the crown of the tooth and that the root of the tooth in many cases remains intact. Orthodontics not only moves the crown of the tooth, but it can move the tooth as a whole, i.e. crown and root and in that sense, it is completely possible to move teeth that have composites, crowns, etc.