Your choices and approach during your orthodontic treatment can have an enormous impact on not only the final outcome, but on how long it takes and even your level of comfort during the process.
Meal planning can sometimes be a bit tricky if you or a family member have braces. These 5 tasty dinner ideas will get you excited about cooking, and appeal to children and adults alike!
What's the difference between the normal discomfort that comes from time to time with wearing braces, and a true orthodontic emergency? This is not always totally clear to everyone, so we'd like to shed some light on the issue, and let you know what to do if you do have an emergency.
The day your braces come off is an exciting one, both for patients, and for orthodontists, too! Here's what to do after your braces come off to keep your new smile straight and healthy.
Eating the same few braces-friendly meals, week after week, gets boring, really fast. 'The Braces Cookbook' by Pamela Waterman offers 50 great comfort food recipes perfect for braces-wearers and their families!
This week, we’re excited to share the fun and interactive ‘The Braces Journal’ by Dan Price. This is not only a book, it's actually an interactive journal with lots of advice and tips about living with braces, and which allows you to track your orthodontic experience!
There are few pieces of equipment more important to the safety of athletes who wear braces than a sports mouth guard.
Thumb sucking is a normal and healthy behaviour in very small children, but it can cause malocclusion (teeth misalignment) issues once the permanent teeth begin to erupt, so the habit should be broken before that point.
We all know that orthodontists straighten teeth, but what exactly does an orthodontic assistant do?
TADs (Temporary Anchorage Devices) are orthodontic appliances that help make the tooth movement process go more quickly and comfortably.
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