Benefits of Straight Teeth

Benefits of Straight Teeth

There are many reasons to take into consideration before leaving your smile crooked.
Having a straight smile is one of the most important aspects of healthy smiles. Straightening your teeth may also help prevent certain health problems. 

Most people don't imagine how beneficial having straight teeth is to oral health. There are numerous reasons why people should think twice before leaving their smile crooked.

Improvement of Self Confidence While Smiling

Having straight teeth allows you to smile widely without the disturbance of your thoughts saying "cover your mouth while smiling because your teeth are crooked!"

Therefore, you feel unconfident about your smile. Having a nice straight smile increases the impact of others towards you making you feel more attractive, confident, and comfortable while smiling.

A nice beautiful smile with straight teeth will improve how others perceive your personality. So why waste time and leave your smile crooked when you can enhance it to a beautiful attractive smile.

Straight teeth make you look younger

Hard to believe but yes a straight smile does make you look younger.


Straight teeth lift the mouth upwards into a great figure, leaving the skin looking much healthier and firmer.

It also helps reduce some of the lines around the mouth and nose that are commonly gained by age.

Straight teeth Health benefits

Straighter teeth don't only look good and attractive, they have amazing health benefits too. Having straight teeth means you've got a lower chance of getting tooth decay and cavities. 

The reason is that crooked, overlapping, or crowded teeth are extremely hard to be taken care of properly because of the difficulty in reaching the hidden food particles that cause plaque and cavities.

Plaque gets caught in a lot of places that can't be reached smoothly. Therefore you have a higher chance of getting periodontal disease, tooth loss, and cavities.

When teeth are aligned properly they lose the tendency of being undesirable to be seen and can be more easily brushed and flossed.

Clear speech

The reduction of speech impediments is an important benefit that most people don't consider. Straight teeth reduce obstacles in speech and turn the movement of the lips into an attractive scene.

Better digestion

Having straight teeth does magic without noticing. When your
Teeth are aligned perfectly and they become perfect for chewing. The benefit of chewing properly is good digestion.

When food is broken down correctly your stomach and intestines do the job right and you get the full nutrition of what you had taken in.

Fewer headaches

Pain sometimes comes from places that you would never guess.
Having straight teeth lowers the chances of headaches because of the less jaw stress there is from crooked teeth.

Saving Money

Straight teeth mean fewer dental visits.

The purpose is healthier and cleaner teeth are less likely to get tooth decay, cavities, and gum infections.

Therefore you save the money you ought to spend if your teeth were in bad shape.
 

How Can Teeth Be Straightened?

The most traditional way of properly aligning teeth is to use metal braces. Orthodontists also utilize new advanced ways to fix misaligned teeth, such as Invisalign and Incognito hidden braces.

Scheduling a consultation gives you and the doctor a better idea of what option will work for you better. 

If you feel like you want to get the smile that will make you feel healthier and more attractive, don't think twice.

Get the change you deserve that will enhance your smile for good.

Don't hesitate to contact Dr. Kanaan to schedule a free consultation in our dental office in Houston, TX.

Call us today (281) 447-6453