Your Orthodontic Options

Unhappy with your crooked smile? Here in Gaffney, SC, Dr. L. Wes Turnage offers the latest in orthodontic care to resolve patients' alignment issues—read on to learn more.


Why orthodontic care is important

The American Association of Orthodontists (AAO) recommends that every child be evaluated for orthodontic treatment by the age of seven. After all, this early intervention allows your dentist to use the jaw's fluidity and growth pattern to advantage, sometimes completely avoiding complex appliances and care plans.

However, while this interceptive care is wonderful, it does not negate the opportunities teens and adults have for healthier, straighter, more attractive smiles. In fact, teeth may undergo orthodontic treatment at nearly any age.

Straight teeth with proper bite and balanced jaw function offer a number of benefits, including:

  • Improved self-esteem and confidence
  • Smiles which are easier to brush and floss
  • Better biting, chewing, and digestion
  • Clearer speech
  • Fewer cavities, gum disease, accidental chips and cracks
  • Reduction of bruxism (clenching and grinding)
  • Normalized enamel wear


Your orthodontic options

In his Gaffney office, Dr. Turnage examines and images his prospective orthodontic patients to treat a variety of alignment and bite issues including tooth rotation, overbite, underbite, crossbite, open bite, crowding, gaps, congenital absence of teeth, protruding front teeth, and more.

Each care plan is customized, with the average treatment time for conventional braces being around two years. Clear aligners usually have shorter treatment times.

Your Gaffney orthodontist offers:

  • Metal braces, composed of bonded-on brackets, archwires, and ligatures (rubber bands)
  • Ceramic braces which are tooth-colored and less obvious
  • Lingual braces which are hidden on the tongue-side of teeth
  • Invisalign clear aligners, discreet acrylic aligner pairs which are removable, comfortable, and easy to care for
  • Clear Correct, another brand of invisible aligners

All kinds of braces exert gentle and gradual physical pressure on teeth. Once the teeth are in their final positions, the bone molds itself around the roots. A removable or bonded on retaining appliance further stabilize your smile.


Your life, your smile, your options

Optimize them all with help from your orthodontist, Dr. L. Wes Turnage, and his team in Gaffney, SC. We look forward to creating your best smile. Call us for a one-on-one consultation: (864) 489-4708.

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