VIDEO: The Dangers of Do-It-Yourself Braces Explained
Accessories have always been essential to complete and complement a look. Whether earrings, necklaces, bracelets, or belts, these fashionabl...
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Accessories have always been essential to complete and complement a look. Whether earrings, necklaces, bracelets, or belts, these fashionable add-ons have become the go-to style fix-it.
Dental braces are devices used by orthodontists to straighten the alignment of the teeth. These are applied by attaching locks on the outer surface of each tooth and a metal band that pulls them together accordingly. Developed by 18th century French dentists Pierre Fauchard and Louis Bourdet, these implements have come a long way in correcting not only crooked teeth, but also a person’s bite.
Through the years, people have found ways to incorporate cosmetic or structural braces to add to the look of its wearers. Since braces are also somewhat costly, they have also become temporary status symbols especially among the youth. Hence, partly due to peer pressure and misplaced ingenuity, people have come up with ways to apply the science behind dental braces by themselves through DIY or Do-It-Yourself braces. Today, a lot of how-to and tutorial videos are uploaded on popular online streaming sites like Youtube, giving children and the young-at-heart misguided ideas.
Dentists have expressed growing concern for these DIY braces since according to them, such self installations might not properly address dental health issues and instead, might actually end up worsening bites and bone structures. There have also been pictures online of wrongly tightened rubber bands which eventually caused gums to elevate and teeth to become loose in its socket. Worse, they may even come off because of incorrect pressure. Now imagine how much that would cost to fix. So in matters of health, it’s always better to be safe than sorry.
Extra fashion bonus points are given to the wearer of signature and expensive kinds of accessories, as well as those that scream money and are quite impossible to miss. Through the years, one additional accessory somehow found its way to hip status and became an indicator of the “haves” from the “have-nots”. We are talking about none other than dental braces.
Dental braces are devices used by orthodontists to straighten the alignment of the teeth. These are applied by attaching locks on the outer surface of each tooth and a metal band that pulls them together accordingly. Developed by 18th century French dentists Pierre Fauchard and Louis Bourdet, these implements have come a long way in correcting not only crooked teeth, but also a person’s bite.
Through the years, people have found ways to incorporate cosmetic or structural braces to add to the look of its wearers. Since braces are also somewhat costly, they have also become temporary status symbols especially among the youth. Hence, partly due to peer pressure and misplaced ingenuity, people have come up with ways to apply the science behind dental braces by themselves through DIY or Do-It-Yourself braces. Today, a lot of how-to and tutorial videos are uploaded on popular online streaming sites like Youtube, giving children and the young-at-heart misguided ideas.
Dentists have expressed growing concern for these DIY braces since according to them, such self installations might not properly address dental health issues and instead, might actually end up worsening bites and bone structures. There have also been pictures online of wrongly tightened rubber bands which eventually caused gums to elevate and teeth to become loose in its socket. Worse, they may even come off because of incorrect pressure. Now imagine how much that would cost to fix. So in matters of health, it’s always better to be safe than sorry.