Many adults have a difficult time deciding to get braces.
On one hand they recognize the long-term benefits to health that can come with braces, and that braces can improve their smile for a lifetime.
On the other hand, from an early age on they have been aware of the stigma of braces, and they likely know that braces look even more unusual on adults.
Does the word braces create a picture in your mind of a teenager with a mouth overstuffed with metal? That may have been how it was in the bad old days, but braces are a very different thing today.
Which is good, particularly for any adults who feel that they’ve missed their opportunity to get the smile they’ve always wanted instead of the crooked teeth they have.
So, while orthodontic treatments are often imagined to only be appropriate for children and teenagers, in fact they are also appropriate and effective for adults as well. Adult orthodontic treatments are extremely effective in correcting crooked teeth, overbites, and all manner of other oral problems in more mature patients.