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Duration of orthodontic treatment

Duration of orthodontic treatment

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Before starting treatment, many people have the same question in their minds: "how long will my treatment last?".

Orthodontic treatment lasts an average of 2 years, but this information also raises 2 questions from patients:

  1. "why so long?", as everyone usually has a friend or neighbors whose treatment only lasted 6 months...

    Answer: Aligning teeth is not the only and main task of orthodontics. The main task is to get a perfect and stable result without damaging the tooth roots and the bone tissue around the teeth. The sooner the treatment ends, the higher the chances that the teeth will return to their previous position. Therefore, it is possible to get the same result in both 6 months and 2 years; although visually everything will look the same, the difference will be in the stability of the result and the reaction of the bone tissue around the teeth and their roots to the treatment.

  2. "So I will have to walk around with braces all these years?"

    Answer: On average, patients wear braces in their mouths for 2 years. And this, like everything new in our lives, takes time to get used to. This time is usually one month. After the first month, both you and everyone around you will get used to the "new you," and no one will be able to imagine you without braces, not even yourself. And you will get so used to the braces that you will feel an emptiness when we remove them.

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