Braces are used to treat protruded, crooked or misaligned teeth. Braces include brackets attached to the front of your teeth, arch wires which go over the brackets and rubber bands or small metal ties that hold the arch wires in place. All these components together creates the forces and pressure which requires to move and align your teeth.Types of Braces-

1. 1. Metal/ traditional braces
      The components such as brackets, archwires are made of metal.
   2. Ceramic braces
      Brackets are made of ceramic and archwire are coated with white color.Therefore,  Ceramic braces are much more discrete than the metal brackets. Ceramic braces suits patients specially who plans to under go braces treatment as an adult.

Deep bite- Upper front teeth excessively overlap lower Front teeth. It is easy to bite and aesthetically better when the upper and lower teeth align.Deep bite can cause jaw pain, Injury to palate and soft tissues, worn down enamel, cracked/ broken teeth.

Under bite- under bites as shown as in the picture could be caused by incorrect mouth posture, genetics, injuries, tumours and habits such as thumb sucking or use of pacifiers.

Open bites- As shown in the picture top and bottom teeth do not touch at the front or back of the mouth when the jaw is fully closed.While open bite can be difficult to treat we could achieve best and long lasting results if you get help as early as possible.

Cross bites-a crossbite occurs when the bottom teeth stick out past the top teeth, either in the front teeth or the back teeth.

Retainers are essential to hold the teeth at their position after an active Orthodontic treatment.

There are 2 types of Retainers

1) Removable Retainers

2) Fixed Retainer

Having misaligned/ crowded teeth or a bad bite with spaces in between teeth? Want a beautiful smile but without metallic braces? Invisalign can give you an ideal smile with NO METALLIC LOOKS!

Invisalign are invisible aligners that align your teeth rightly. Gone are the days where metallic braces were the only option to beautify your smile. Invisalign aligners are tight-fitting customized aligners that slip over all your teeth snuggly and do the function of braces. During the consultation, we brief you on the new smile that you will get and the entire process. We take the impression of your mouth and or use 3D digital scanners and help you visualize the new smile that you will be getting.Orthodontic treatment (correcting the alignment and bite/ occlusion of your teeth) is a slow but steady process. We monitor it regularly and make necessary adjustments to progress towards the desired smile and occlusion/ bite.