Computer-Customized Braces & Wires
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Do you want to finish your orthodontic treatment as quickly as possible? If so, ask Dr. Martinez about using computer-customized braces and wires for your treatment. Traditionally, fitting a patient with braces, has not been an exact science. Like shoes, braces are designed for a statistically average person with statistically average-sized teeth. Most orthodontic patients, however, are not perfectly “average.” This results in minor imperfections of the fit of the braces to your teeth. Therefore, when braces are not customized, the orthodontist must make special adjustments to the braces and wires in order to achieve perfectly straight teeth. These adjustments take additional time to make, which slows down treatment. This has resulted in average treatment times of approximately 24 months per patient. Dr. Martinez, however, can provide you with braces and wires that through computer technology are custom-fabricated to fit your actual teeth. This results in significantly faster treatment because teeth are able to move to their final positions more directly and with few course-correcting adjustments. Treatment time reductions can be as great as 40%. This means that 24 month treatment plan using non-customized braces can be shortened to just 14 or 15 months with customized braces and wires. The result: Patients will be more comfortable, spend less time in the orthodontist's chair, and get the smile of their dreams faster than ever before! Dr. Martinez’s commitment to staying on the leading edge of his field allowed him to be the first orthodontist in Ohio to offer this service. |
| Step 1: A 3-Dimensional computer model of your teeth is created. |  |
| Step 2: Sophisticated computer software is used to create customized braces and wires |  |
| Step 3: After treatment planning and customization is complete, the braces and wires are fabricated to fit your teeth perfectly! |  |