A One-Stop Summary of the Causes of Orthodontic Relapse and Tips for Choosing a Top Dental Clinic in Gangnam

Hello.

I’m Oh Su-hwan, the chief director of Smile D Dental Clinic and a smiling doctor.

Our clinic is run through collaborative treatment by three specialists who place communication with patients as our top priority.

With honest and proper care, we help protect our patients’ oral health and quality of life, and as a way of returning even a little of the love we have received from our patients, we provide focused care to only 30 patients per month.

‘I want orthodontic treatment, but I keep seeing posts saying relapse happened, so I’m worried.

What exactly causes orthodontic relapse?’

If you clicked on this article now, I imagine you may have a concern similar to the one above.

You may have long admired straight, well-aligned teeth,

and just as you finally decided to get orthodontic treatment and started looking into various pieces of information...

you likely became worried after seeing quite a few posts saying, ‘I had orthodontic treatment, but it relapsed.’

After all, if you spend a significant amount of money and time on treatment only to have your teeth return to their previous state, it would be very disappointing and frustrating.

So you probably wanted to know what exactly causes orthodontic relapse and how to choose a top dental clinic in Gangnam.

To fully answer those questions,

as a board-certified orthodontist with 18 years of experience certified by the Ministry of Health and Welfare,

I will go through the relevant points step by step in the following section.

If you read to the end, you’ll be able to pick up some useful tips. ^^

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Causes of orthodontic relapse,

Why do teeth move back to the way they were?

Our bodies have a property called homeostasis.

It is easy to think of it as the ‘yo-yo effect’ during dieting.

In other words, there is a natural force that tries to return things to their original place.

If this force is not properly controlled after orthodontic treatment, teeth tend to gradually move back toward their original position.

The main factors that affect these causes of orthodontic relapse are as follows.

✔️ Neglecting to wear retainers

Even after orthodontic treatment is finished, you are not completely free from wearing appliances.

If you neglect to wear your retainer,

the teeth may move again before the alveolar bone has properly settled, which becomes a cause of relapse.

The exact duration should be discussed with your attending doctor, but you should wear it for at least 3 years.

✔️ Lifestyle habits

Habits such as pushing the front teeth with the tongue, biting your fingers, or resting your chin on your hand continue to apply pressure to the teeth even after orthodontic treatment.

If this pressure is repeated, the teeth will be pushed little by little back toward their original direction, so you need to work on correcting these habits as well.

✔️ Unstable bite

If the upper and lower teeth were not perfectly aligned during the first orthodontic treatment,

or if treatment is ended before tooth movement is achieved as planned, it can become a cause of relapse.

✔️ Growth or aging

In growing children, if the jawbone grows in a direction different from what was expected,

and in adult patients, changes in muscle tension, gums, periodontal tissue, and other factors due to aging can alter tooth position.

Why should you go to a

‘top dental clinic in Gangnam’?

If you have followed along this far, you may already have realized this,

but while it is not an exaggeration to say that a patient’s level of cooperation is the most important part of orthodontic treatment,

it is also important to choose a capable dental clinic from the start.

Depending on which clinic you choose at the beginning,

the clinic can create an accurate treatment plan that reflects the patient’s individual characteristics and tendencies, block the causes of orthodontic relapse,

and increase the likelihood of responding quickly when variables arise.

So what kind of clinic can be called a

‘top dental clinic in Gangnam’?

I would like to recommend choosing a clinic where an orthodontic specialist is on site.

Orthodontic treatment is a highly difficult treatment that requires comprehensive consideration of ▲jaw growth ▲facial harmony ▲bite stability, and more.

A ‘specialist’ is a title that can only be used by someone who has trained for a long time in a specific field and had that expertise recognized.

In other words, receiving treatment from a specialist is also evidence that some level of results can be expected.

At this point, it is important to check not only that the clinic has a specialist, but also whether that specialist is on site at the clinic.

What if you go because there is a specialist, but they only come to work once or twice a week?

It may be difficult to coordinate schedules with the doctor, and if a problem occurs, it may be hard to respond quickly.

You should also look into the clinic’s years of operation.

A dental clinic with a long history means it has earned patients’ trust over a long period of time,

and that it has abundant clinical data and a well-established aftercare system.

If its years of operation are not long, there may still be many orthodontic patients whose first treatment cycle has not even finished yet.

For example, since opening, our clinic has been led for 18 years by me, a board-certified orthodontist who has been in one place all this time, along with the orthodontic specialist director who recently joined us.

We personally meet every patient and conduct precise diagnoses using advanced equipment such as 3D CT and 3D intraoral scanners.

Then we spend enough time explaining the treatment plan and expected results so that patients can understand them,

and we also take responsibility for aftercare after treatment, helping increase the long-term success rate of orthodontics.

If readers of this article choose a clinic by keeping these points in mind,

they will be able to greatly reduce the risk of making the wrong choice.

In this article, we looked at why orthodontic relapse happens and how to choose a top dental clinic in Gangnam.

Orthodontic treatment is not simply about moving teeth and making them straight;

it is a process that is responsible for the patient’s lifelong oral health.

Please do not forget that.

If you contact us regarding treatment and reservation procedures at our clinic, we will kindly guide you.

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I’ll end here, hoping you can enjoy a healthy and beautiful smile. ^^

This was Oh Su-hwan, chief director of Smile D Dental Clinic.

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