If you want a beautiful smile, the first thing you need is to get rid of any crooked or twisted teeth. If your teeth are "out of line," so to speak, then you may be in need of orthodontal work.

Now most orthodontics may be inclined to put those common silver band braces on to your teeth. If you're an adult, you probably don't want to be misidentified as your teenage daughter or son. If you are a teenager, you don't want braces either! But you have to do something about your crooked teeth. You can take the ridicule along with the braces if you want or you can opt for invisible braces.

Invisible braces are referred to as Invisalign braces and that's what the dentist loves to use as part of the Haddon Township straighten teeth technique. The braces cannot be seen. Even when you smile. And they also come off easily if they're interfering with eating or oral hygiene. The dentist forgoes those ugly silver bands of traditional braces and, instead, a series of invisible aligners or retainers are put on the teeth. Every aligner in the series is made to specifically fit you. You will wear an aligner that is used for 14 days to do its straightening and then you'll get a new retainer in the series to do even more straightening for another two weeks and so on until you're through.

And another thing about these braces is that they will work on whatever amount of crooked teeth you have. You don't often see teeth that are all off in a corner by themselves. It's easier for them to maintain alignment when they are next to each other. If a tooth has to be pulled or is damaged and removed, then there is a gap in your mouth. In these cases, you'll probably get an implant, crown or bridge. These items are meant to fill in the open area so the adjacent teeth can't move. However, if you leave the gap there, your other teeth may start to travel. That's why it's great that you can use Invisalign on just those one or two teeth.