When you close, perhaps a space stays open at the front, or a few upper teeth land behind the lower ones. If you live in Meadows West and that sounds familiar, start here.
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An open bite describes teeth that don’t meet when the jaw closes, most obviously at the front. In a crossbite, some upper teeth sit inside the lower ones rather than outside. Either may be suitable for clear aligners, but that word suitable carries a lot of weight.
Bite correction involves more than the crowns you can see. Root support and the way the jaws relate to each other both feed into whether trays are realistic. Meadows West is in Winnipeg, and residents have these questions examined at our clinic on McPhillips Street.
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Your assessment goes past tooth position to look at support below the gumline and how upper and lower jaws line up.
Elastics, attachments or a different appliance may be part of the discussion, depending on what needs correcting.
If biting into food feels awkward or one side does most of the work, mention it. It’s useful information.
You may recognize one of these descriptions in the mirror, though the name matters less than what an examination finds. Here’s how to tell them apart in plain language.
With an open bite, the back teeth come together while some of the others stay apart. Whether trays can close that space depends on what’s causing it and which movements are needed.
A crossbite can involve one tooth or a group of them, at the front or the side. Part of the correction may rely on space and on connecting the arches.
These descriptions are for orientation and don’t amount to a diagnosis. Only an examination can identify what your own bite is doing.
A bite concern is examined before any plan is drawn up, and then watched closely during treatment if aligners are chosen. Here’s the sequence you’d follow.
Request your visitThe dentist checks your teeth, gums and jaw relationships, as well as how the arches meet, and reviews photographs alongside appropriate X-rays.
The digital plan sets the movement for each tooth and identifies where added control is needed, including whether attachments or elastics belong in your series.
Trays are checked for fit and planned attachments are placed. If elastics are prescribed, ask to have them demonstrated while you’re there.
At progress visits, actual movement is held up against the sequence. A tray that has stopped seating as intended gets attention at this stage.
You don’t need to diagnose anything before your assessment. Paying attention to everyday moments gives the dentist a useful description to go along with what’s examined.
There’s no need to test anything special at home. Closing and biting as you normally do will tell you enough.
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Bite corrections may ask more of you than trays alone, given the elastics and bonded shapes sometimes involved. Tell the clinic if any part of this is proving a struggle.
Hooking removable bands into place calls for practice. Ask to be shown again whenever you need a refresher.
Trays over your teeth change how the arches come together. Report anything that seems painful or doesn’t fit correctly.
Elastics help only when used as instructed. If yours keep getting left off, say so at your next visit.
Keeping a bite stable
Teeth that have been moved into a new relationship need to be held there. The tissues around them keep adapting well after the movement itself has been completed.
New records can be used to order extra aligners if planned bite movements haven’t fully come through by the final tray.
Your retainer limits unwanted shifting and has to be worn as your dentist prescribes, for as long as you’re told.
If your teeth begin meeting differently in later years, or the retainer no longer sits properly, let the clinic know.
Ask what your particular retention routine would be before you commit, since it’s part of the treatment as a whole.
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Winnipeg North Dental
Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)Bite assessments and any aligner care for Meadows West residents happen at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, in Winnipeg.
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Helpful details about invisalign in Meadows West.
Ask our teamA space between upper and lower teeth when your back teeth are closed may suggest one. Having it examined is how you’d find out for certain.
It may help with a suitable crossbite. That depends on the teeth involved and on your jaw relationship, and braces or a combined plan are sometimes more predictable.
No. Removable bands are used only for selected bite relationships, and your plan determines whether you’d need them at all.
Where the teeth meet depends partly on how the jaws relate to each other. That affects which corrections aligners can realistically manage.
It’s one of the ways room can be created so that teeth can be aligned, used when appropriate. Ask whether your assessment points in that direction.
Progress checks compare your teeth with the sequence, and the plan can be adjusted. New records may support refinement aligners, or other options could be discussed.
Call (204) 338-3003, or send a request through this page. You’d be assessed at Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6.
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Request an assessment at our Winnipeg clinic, and find out whether aligners could be part of correcting your bite.
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