Functions of Different Parts of Your Braces
IF YOU ARE or have been an orthodontic patient, you’ve probably wondered what the different parts of braces are for. Some…
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IF YOU ARE or have been an orthodontic patient, you’ve probably wondered what the different parts of braces are for. Some…
Functions of Different Parts of Your Braces Read More »
MOVING TEETH INTO their proper alignment is a complicated and fascinating process, so how do braces do it? Let’s…
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EVERY CURRENT AND former orthodontic patient knows about the banned foods list. It can mostly be summarized as “don’t eat anything…
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“SWIMMER’S CALCULUS” SOUNDS more like advanced mathematics than anything to do with teeth, but it’s actually the term for yellow…
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WE TEND TO ASSUME that people from earlier eras (especially the pre-industrial ones) must have had terrible dental health, but that’s…
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TEETH HAVE MANY different uses, from chewing our food to helping us speak clearly to forming the structure…
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MANY ORTHODONTIC PATIENTS reach Braces-Off Day only to discover bleached spots on their teeth. These and…
Make It to Braces-Off Day Without Stains Read More »
WE NEED SEVERAL things working together to be able to speak clearly. Speech disorders can result from impaired hearing, genetics, or a cleft…
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THERE WON’T BE a pop-quiz later, but we still want our patients to be familiar with the anatomy of their teeth…
Time for a Lesson in Dental Anatomy! Read More »