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An overbite occurs when the upper front teeth overlap excessively over the lower front teeth, often requiring overbite correction. Severe overbites can impact oral health, facial aesthetics, and overall well-being. In this article, we'll explore the causes of overbites, the complications associated with them and the orthodontic treatment options available to (...)
Two of the most common questions we’re asked at Norwest orthodontics are: “How long does treatment take?” and “Which treatment is fastest?” And we totally understand. Most of our patients would like to achieve a picture-perfect smile in a timeframe that’s as short as possible. However, it doesn’t quite work (...)
Part confidence, part look and part wow factor, a great smile is a quality that many people flaunt with fabulous effect throughout the course of life. But what goes into making a smile great? Is it delivery? Is it straight teeth? Is it gleaming pearly whites? Well it’s a little (...)
The benefits of good dental health and hygiene extend far beyond aesthetically pleasing, healthy teeth. The ripple effects go on to affect many areas of general wellbeing, with dental problems such as gum disease linked to further health issues later such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. In addition, problems with (...)
Over recent years early intervention has become a tool of choice for treating orthodontic issues that may become more severe or harder to remedy when a child reaches their teens. And ultimately identifying and managing a problem early can have very real benefits. These range from improved treatment outcomes, the (...)
First recognised as a specialist field in the early 1900s, orthodontics is a fascinating area of the dental health profession which has grown, evolved and plays a major role in mainstream society today. With a focus on the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of dental and facial irregularities to help correctly (...)
Just like any area of the body, the teeth and jaw feel the impacts of age, while the habits we develop over a lifetime can add up to have dire consequences for our dental health. That’s why we stress the fact orthodontic treatment isn’t just about having a beaming, straight (...)
Just as computers and cars have improved in the past two decades, a lot has also changed in the world of orthodontics. That means the treatment and options available to your child might be far different to the recollections you have of wearing braces just a generation ago. If you’re (...)
From the moment those tiny teeth start to surface at about the age of six months, children’s teeth offer a fascinating insight into the amazing capabilities of the human body. Designed to arrive right on cue as children start to eat solids and speak, only to be replaced by larger (...)
Congratulations, the braces are off! But although the hard work of shifting and aligning teeth might be complete, the next phase of orthodontic treatment is no less important. Now it’s about keeping those fresh, smooth, pearly whites in their rightful position and chances are your orthodontist has furnished you with (...)
