Absolutely and 100 percent – you must see your family dentist during the duration of the orthodontic treatment (and even after!).
Before you start the treatment, we would ask you to get a clearance from your dentist or if you don’t have one, from our family dentist at Bristol Dental Clinic. This is very important because orthodontic treatment has many risks, the most important being stability of teeth structure, integrity of the roots, good oral hygiene and good condition of gums. Needless to mention, you have to fix all cavities before we start the treatment.
You must see your family dentist at regular intervals to get your scaling done and mouth checked. Otherwise, you would have very straight and beautiful teeth but with a whole lot of other problems like cavities, periodontal disease, white spots, recession etc. by the time you finish the treatment.