The Best Dental Solution to Fix Gaps in Teeth

Your smile is often the first impression you make on the world, and it can invite people to get to know you.

Science shows us that great smiles create success in love, work, and social life.

However, if you feel self-conscious about a gap (diastema) between your teeth, you could be holding back your smile and success.

Don’t let a little gap in your smile keep you from the confidence and self-esteem you should have.

Dentistry provides multiple ways to close a hole in your smile and appear more confident.

We often suggest Invisalign or Clear Correct to close gaps in our patients’ smiles.

Orthodontic treatments help you achieve the straightened teeth that you’ve always desired. You don’t have to live with crowded and crooked teeth.

Orthodontic treatments can move teeth into an ideal position, improving the appearance of your smile and even your face.

Some people have upper front teeth that prominently stick out and look displeasing. These teeth are more likely to be damaged, but orthodontic treatments can move them back into place.

When the upper and lower jaws meet, teeth can become unsightly and have an irregular bite. Orthodontic treatments may correct both of these problems.

When the teeth don’t meet correctly, unequal pressure can be put on the jaw muscles, causing jaw and joint problems and severe headaches. Orthodontic treatments can help you bite more evenly and reduce the pressure.

Some potential solutions and how Invisalign Yeronga and Clear Correct may provide better answers.

Braces

A “set” of braces must be worn to fix gapped or crooked teeth, which may need to be worn for anywhere from 6 months to a couple of years. Because the end of the treatment is uncertain, it can cost a fortune.

While they are in place, they are unsightly, difficult to clean, limit what you can eat, and can be irritating and painful, depending on the spaces and issues at hand.

Braces pull the teeth into place, rearranging the smile into a more straight and perfect alignment.

Dental Bonding

Bonding is the process of applying tooth-coloured resin to repair damaged teeth. The resin used can be adjusted into the appropriate colour, shape, and finish to match the surrounding teeth.

Bonding can be used to add width to teeth to close gaps. But it doesn’t solve the underlying problem, and it has a lifespan of about a decade—meaning you will have to come in for a touchup or replacement every ten years or so.

Dental Veneers

Dental veneers are thin, customised shells of material. Usually, porcelain is attached to the tooth surface to look and fit your teeth, eliminating the appearance of gaps.

However, they do nothing to address the underlying problem, need special care to maintain it, and eventually need to be replaced.

Dental Crown

Dental crowns are typically used to cover damaged teeth and restore function in your smile. However, fitting dental crowns around gapped teeth has become familiar to create a perfectly aligned smile.

The problem with this is that to place crowns; you have to grind away perfectly healthy tooth material; like the other options, crowns can chip, break, or even fall off.

If these approaches have disadvantages, what do we suggest as a long-term solution to address the underlying gapped teeth? We recommend clear aligners such as Invisalign and Clear Correct.

Let’s look at how these treatments work and why we recommend them.

Clear Aligners

Clear aligners, a cutting-edge alternative to traditional (“train track”) braces, have quickly become the most popular removable (and subtle) dental braces.

These clear aligners gently and gradually move your teeth into the ideal position. Over time, the gap in your smile will gradually disappear!

This move is accomplished without the aesthetically unpleasant wires, brackets, and bands associated with traditional metal braces.

Clear aligners are made from customised moulds of your teeth, from medical-grade polyurethane resin that’s virtually invisible. The resin is also far more comfortable than the metal and ceramics of braces.

Because clear aligners slide on and off your teeth, you can clean and floss your teeth as usual, ensuring optimal oral hygiene.

Traditional braces hide bits of food and bacteria and can trap them in the brackets and wires, leaving them in your mouth to cause plaque, decay, and gum disease.

Similarly, the removability of clear aligners means you can take them out to eat and drink whatever you want—no more worries about hard or sticky foods.

You can also remove your aligners while playing sports (which makes wearing a mouth guard possible) or other activities that require it, such as playing musical instruments or singing.

And when you are finished with your clear aligners, your teeth are genuinely fixed – the gap is gone – not the temporary fix of bonding, veneers, or crowns: fixes that cost money to repair and replace over time.

Another advantage of clear aligners is that you don’t have to keep returning to your dentist, Yeronga, for checkup adjustments—not every four to six weeks.

It’s also easier to see treatment results at every stage of the process, typically for about a year. The aligners were put on for around 22 hours daily and swapped out every two weeks.

Orthodontics in Yeronga

At Yeronga’s Ria Family Dental, we offer comprehensive care for both short—and long-term dental needs. We provide an honest, judgement-free environment with convenient, comfortable, and careful treatment to maximise your smile and oral health!

We are located at 451 Fairfield Rd, with bus stops and Yeronga station nearby. We also have convenient storefront parking.

Call us on 0451 359 356 or use our online booking service to organise an appointment.