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How to Take Care of Your Invisalign Aligners
The best way to ensure that you get the perfect smile you want is to take care of your aligners to keep them in good shape. Here are some of the most important things to do to preserve the quality of your Invisalign aligners to get your money’s worth.
What You Need To Know Before You Get Braces
Getting braces starts a journey to straighter teeth, a more even bite, and a more confident smile. Once you get your braces on, you anxiously wait until the day that they can come off. But having braces can alter some of your habits while you have them on. So...
What is an Overbite (Overjet) and How Can You Fix It?
Orthodontic treatment can do more than straighten teeth – many people have issues with misalignment of the teeth that can affect their bite. Overbites (otherwise known as an Overjet) are especially common because common causes of overbites are habits that start in...
7 Steps to Effective Orthodontic Treatment and a Straighter Smile
With orthodontic treatment, gaining an amazing smile is a successful treatment plan away! But if you assume orthodontics always involves wearing huge, ugly metal braces for years on end, you'll be glad to hear those things have changed a lot over the last several...
Tips for Not Losing Your Retainer
Congratulations! You’ve made it through having your braces and all that comes with it. Now you’re ready to move on to the next chapter in your journey to a straighter smile: the retention phase and a new removable retainer. Why Are Retainers Important? Once your...
Orthodontists and Orthodontics: Questions to Ask
Orthodontics is a specialized segment of dentistry that deals with misaligned teeth and jaws. An orthodontist is a specialized dentist that works to fix crooked teeth, a misaligned bite, misaligned teeth, and teeth with gaps to give their patients a better smile. A...
Orthodontics: Busting Myths and Stating Facts
Did you know that many experts suggest that all children should be screened for orthodontic needs by the age of 7? Orthodontics is a specialized field of dentistry associated with the alignment of the teeth and jaws, for instance, overbite, underbite, and gaps between...
Invisalign: Yay or Nay?
Who doesn’t like a perfectly aligned, sparkly white set of charming teeth? With the development of Invisalign, that goal is very much achievable without attracting much attention. In addition to the children and youngsters, Invisalign comes as a miraculous invention...
3 Things to Know After Getting Braces
So, you had some misaligned teeth and were lucky enough to get some shiny new braces. Now what? Well, it’s not too difficult to care for teeth with braces on them. There are just a few things to keep in mind when you have braces: Eating with braces can be tricky and...