Adult ortho success

Oral health practitioners aim to deliver quality care that satisfies clinical objectives and their patients’ expectations – this part can be trickier. Patients’ expectations are high, they differ and can sometimes be unrealistic. They are also a “key determinant in their satisfaction with treatment (encompassing) not only notions of the outcome (…) but also the process”. So, not only the result, but the entire experience.

Patients desire beautiful smiles, and there are a range of solutions available to improve appearances that also benefit function and health. Over the past decade, more adults are opting for orthodontic treatment, often self-referring, particularly since the introduction of near-invisible options for efficiently and ethically straightening teeth. People are doing their own research and finding out that, unlike treatment they may have had as a child, no one needs to know that they are wearing an appliance. They’re discovering that the cost of quality orthodontics is manageable and the risk of complications is small. Although it tends to be easier to move the teeth while the mouth and jaws are still growing, treatment for adults can be incredibly successful, and give lasting results – it’s not too late!