Dr. Malerman's Office: Reception Area

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Benefiting from a brace face at any age

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The basics on bad bites, your first call and your first visit to the office.

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This is not just kids stuff.

If you're an adult visiting the orthodontist to explore options to correct your bite, don't be surprised when you see your contemporaries sitting in the reception area with you. The fact is, adult patients comprise a significant percentage of Dr. Malerman's practice.

Why do they do it? Naturally, everybody wants a beautiful smile. But there are other reasons:

Straighter teeth are easier to clean. Cleaner teeth lead to healthier teeth and gums.

Various types of facial joint pain, including tempromandibular joint, or TMJ, plagues many adults. Correcting the adult's bad bite, or "malocclusion," helps alleviate or eliminate these painful symptoms.

In recent years, researchers have found a connection between the plaque found on the teeth and the plaque around the heart connected with heart disease. Straighter teeth are teeth that are easier to clean, meaning that hte patient can more easily brush that harmful plaque away.

Some adults need to work with their whole dental team — their general dentist, their orthodontist, and their oral surgeon, to correct their misaligned smile. And with the fully developed adult jaw, orthodontic treatment can take longer than that for children. Dr. Malerman can discuss all of this with you should you decide to pursue treatment for your malocclusion.

But the results are really worth it. And adults who are self-consicous about sporting the same tin grin their teenagers have can talk to Dr. Malerman about options in "invisible" braces to straighten their smile, without the metallic glare.

Stay in touch: e-mail us at molarman@drmalerman.com,
or call 215-643-0778.

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