Time-lapse video shows a brace’s impact on crooked teeth over 18 months


  • Video reveals how an 11-year-old’s crooked teeth were fixed in 18-months
  • Shows how teeth are moved due to the pressure exerted by braces
  • She was treated at Kesling Rocke Orthodontic Group in Westville, Indiana
  • Braces are used to correct structural problems and for cosmetic reasons
  • They pull teeth in a certain direction to loosen them slowly so that new bone grows around them to support the teeth in their new, desired position
  • Archaeological evidence suggests first ‘braces’ were used in ancient times 

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Braces are an awkward and often painful rite of passage for many teenagers, but they can transform the most crooked teeth into Hollywood smiles.

A strangely captivating time-lapse video reveals how an 11-year-old-girl’s warped teeth were transformed over just 18-months.

It shows how her top teeth move down and into more uniform positions, as the wire straightens across her braces.

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Before: A strangely captivating time-lapse video reveals how an 11-year-old-girl’s warped teeth (pictured) were transformed in 18-months by braces. It shows how her teeth move down and into more uniform positions, as the wire straightens across her braces

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