Invisalign Blogs

Will crooked teeth get worse if left untreated? It's one of the questions we hear most often at Wigmore Smiles & Aesthetics, and it genuinely deserves a straight answer rather than a vague "it depends." Many adults with crowded or crooked teeth wonder whether ignoring the problem is a reasonable choice or a risk that will catch up with them later. The honest truth is that teeth do shift with age for the vast majority of people, and the consequences of leaving significant misa

If you're wondering what causes crooked teeth in adults, you're not alone. Picture this: you look at a photo from ten years ago and notice your teeth looked straighter back then. Maybe you even had braces as a teenager. Now there's a slight overlap at the front, or your lower teeth feel more crowded than you remember. It's unsettling, and it's also extremely common, roughly two-thirds of adults have some degree of misalignment, and many genuinely don't understand why it's hap

Many adults sit in the dental chair and say some version of the same thing: "My teeth used to be straighter. I haven't done anything differently, so why do I have crooked teeth now?" Anecdotally, at our clinic, Wigmore Smiles & Aesthetics in Luton, it is one of the questions we hear most often, and the honest answer is that crooked teeth rarely have a single cause. There is almost always a combination of things going on, some of which started before you were even born.