For most of her life, Barbara Dolch has tried to hide her teeth.
She covers her mouth with her hand when she laughs and closes her lips when she takes pictures.
Finally, in 2011, a few months before her 70th birthday, the Grove City woman decided she’d had enough of her gap-toothed teeth. She didn’t want to be embarrassed about it anymore.
So she made an important decision: wear orthodontics!
“It’s never too late to do anything for yourself,” said Mr. Dorsch, then 73.
The smile flashed a row of straight teeth, the result of nearly two years of orthodontic treatment.
In central Ohio, orthodontics are increasingly worn by older adults, proving that orthodontics are no longer just for the young.
“Healthy teeth can be moved at any age,” says Dr. Bob Varner, president of the AmericanAssociation of Orthodontists in st. Louis.
“We often treat patients who are older, in their 50s, 60s, 70s, even in their 80s a few times.”
The American Orthodontic Association, which has 17,000 dentists worldwide, doesn’t specifically keep track of older patients, but recent data show that from 1989 to 2012, the number of patients over the age of 18 seen by its member physicians in the United States and Canada rose by about 40 percent.
For most older patients, the main reason for giving up orthodontics at a young age is usually lack of money.
An orthodontic is usually worn for 1-3 years, sometimes costing thousands of dollars in cash.
As they get older, some adults can afford it.
At the same time, with advances in dentistry, teeth now tend to stay with people throughout their lives rather than necessarily being destroyed early by diseases such as dental caries.
It’s also true that people are living longer these days, so more people think orthodontics are still a worthwhile investment for people in their 70s and 80s.
“People didn’t get away with saying, ‘Well, it doesn’t matter if you get orthodontics or not, you’re going to lose your teeth anyway.'”
“Varner said.
Of course, the mouth changes a lot over the course of a person’s life: teeth move, bite changes, and so on.
Some people need to have their teeth straightened before other oral treatments, such as dental implants.
“Before you go to a dentist for an implant, first make sure your teeth are aligned,” says Brian Hardy, a Grove City orthodontic dentist.
About 5 to 10 percent of the patients he treats are older than 50.
Some adults even wear orthodontics more than once, as was the case for Pat Manion, who lives near Worthington Hill.
“When I was a little girl, my parents couldn’t afford to fix my teeth,” the 72-year-old recalled.
“I was always embarrassed about my crooked teeth.”
So, at age 40, Manion got braces.
As time passed, however, her teeth began to move, and several of them took turns pressing on the same tooth.
“The other teeth started pushing the tooth forward,” she said. “It was like having a buck tooth on the lower right side.”
So Manion again consulted her dentist, who put orthodontics on her bottom teeth.
Ms. Manion said that while putting on the braces again was a bit of a pain, the results were satisfactory.
Kathy Cleveland Bull is also happy with wearing orthodontics.
Bull, who lives in Hilliard, has long suffered from jaw problems.
During a family trip a few years ago, she dislocated her jaw for two weeks, so she decided to wear orthodontics and undergo jaw surgery.
“I’m a professional speaker, so jaw problems are a serious problem for me,” said Mr. Bull, 54.
“If my jaw dislocated every now and then, I wouldn’t be able to give a speech.”
Bull chose transparent orthotics (just like this), compared with metal, this orthotics is not easy to attract attention.
Still, she was worried about the impact on her image.
“I wondered if, when I appeared on the stage, the audience below would be disappointed to see me wearing orthodontics.
I’m going through an important change that teenagers usually make, and I’m going through it at 50.”
Kim Rosmarin, who works as a secretary in the northern region and started wearing orthodontics in October, says she knows the feeling well.
“There was a time when I thought, ‘Why am I doing this [orthodontic] at my age?
‘” said Rosmarin, 52.
She was already a mother of four.
Of course, the thought was fleeting, she said.
Because she had been waiting for this moment for a long time, and she was desperate for an orthodontic device to straighten out her crooked teeth.
However, this desire takes a back seat after having children.
She has four children, two of whom also need braces.
“From kindergarten through high school,
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