It might sound weird to most but the space between your teeth has a name. Say hello to ‘Diastema’. Or maybe not. With many well-known personalities being known for their midline diastema, it seems like it still be a while before this catches up as a trend. Diastemas are extremely common, especially among children. A diastema is a natural part of a child’s development and gets corrected on its own. If a diastema remains after the eruption of adult teeth, it will become permanent and can only be corrected with professional dental treatment.
Probable Causes
There are several reasons that permanent diastemas exist. Diastemas may be caused by missing teeth, undersized teeth, bad oral habits, such as excessive thumb-sucking, or high frenal attachments. Frenum is the tissue that connects your lips and gum.
Treatment Options
Since it doesn’t usually cause any health complication, the main reason most people opt for its correction is for cosmetic purposes. The treatment options are-
Dental Braces - Quite often, diastemas require a full set of dental braces and retainer therapy.
Cosmetic restoration - Esthetic composite resins or correction with veneers or crowns are generally used to close diastemas, especially in adult patients. The treatment option is now most sought after because of faster visible results, changing appearances for better, drastically, more often than not.
Whether you keep your smile as it naturally is, or you get designed, your smile will always be beautiful.
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