10 Benefits of Straight Teeth

Are you considering Invisalign or another option to straighten teeth, but aren’t sure whether it’s worth it? If so, consider these 10 benefits of straight teeth and you’ll see that straightening your teeth is an investment with very high returns.

Straight Teeth Are Easier to Clean

When your teeth are straight, they expose the maximum amount of surface area to your toothbrush. Only a small amount of space between teeth is concealed, and this is easy to reach and clean with floss.

Less Food Stuck in Teeth

Even before you can get around to trying to clean them out, your teeth have already made a difference in your oral hygiene. With crooked or gapped teeth, it’s more likely to end up with food stuck in your teeth, which can be uncomfortable and may put teeth at risk.

Reduced Gum Disease and Cavities

With crooked teeth, there are many places where your toothbrush just can’t reach. In these places, food and oral bacteria can accumulate, increasing your risk of gum disease and cavities. With straight teeth, you keep them clean easier, so you’ll have less risk of these oral health problems.

Protecting Your Jawbone from Loss

If you have lost one or more teeth, your body is likely already removing density from the bones that supported those teeth. In addition, if any of your teeth are under excessive force, it may stimulate your body to remove bone around that tooth.

Rearranging your teeth to more evenly space them in the jawbone can help your body understand that the jaw is still necessary and retain bone.

Less Tooth Damage

Since we mentioned imbalanced forces, here’s another potential problem that can come from crooked teeth. Crooked teeth may have certain points where the teeth come together harder than in other places. These places are more likely to become worn, chipped, or even cracked, which may jeopardize the tooth.

Less Biting Your Cheeks and Tongue

When your teeth have an uneven or irregular arc, it can be harder for your body to maneuver them properly so they’re biting only what you want them to bite, namely your food, and not your tongue or cheeks.

Better Digestion

Chewing is the first step in digestion. Straight teeth are better at chewing, which helps speed the process along. With poor chewing, more digestion has to be done in the stomach and intestines, which can mean you’re not getting full nutrition from your food and may experience indigestion or gas more frequently.

Clearer Speech

Your teeth play an important role in speech. If your teeth are in an irregular configuration or have a central gap, it can make a noticeable difference in your pronunciation. Straightening your teeth will make you a clearer speaker.

Better Job Prospects

It’s no secret that appearance makes a big difference in your ability to get hired. And your smile is one of the central aspects of your appearance that contributes to that difference. People with a straight smile are 45% more likely to get hired than someone with the same qualifications but with a crooked smile.

More Smiling and Improved Quality of Life

If you have a more attractive smile, you’re more likely to want to show it off. And when you smile, you stimulate nerves in your face that help you actually feel happier. Straightening your teeth, then, can not only improve your feelings about your smile but about yourself and your life overall.

So, now are you ready to get your teeth straightened? If so, please call (310) 275-5325 for an appointment with a Beverly Hills cosmetic dentist at Nicolas A. Ravon, DDS, MSD.

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