A retainer is critical for Invisalign treatment. If you don?t use a retainer, the multiple months and investment you spent on straightening your teeth, will revert back. As you get older, teeth tend to naturally shift. To prevent shifting after orthodontic work, a retainer is crucial in keeping your teeth straight. There are several choices […]
Dentistry for Kids : What is a Pediatric Dentist?
A dentist is a medical professional that has been educated and trained with the theoretical and practical knowledge to diagnose, prevent and treat all kinds of dental conditions. To be a licensed expert, he should have underwent schooling to gain certification and then passed the licensure examinations, […]
Retainer After Braces
Orthodontic treatments may follow a single or double phase. Single phase treatments proceed straight to the use of dental braces and end there; double phase treatments, often more complicated, usually begin with the use of removable appliances to prepare the teeth for the second phase, which is the dental braces. Both types of […]
How Much Does a Retainer Cost?
A dental retainer is a fixed or removable appliance that is prescribed to patients to wear after their braces are removed. A typical orthodontic treatment goes for 6 months to 2 years (sometimes longer) and when it is completed, patients will be measured for the fabrication of the retainers. As […]
What Can You Eat with Braces
What Can You Eat with Braces and What Can’t You Eat?
Orthodontic Treatment with Braces involve the use of brackets, wires and rubbers. These materials are placed in your mouth so that the dentist may manipulate the teeth into position. The brackets are attached to the facial surface of the teeth […]
Spacers for Teeth
In Dentistry, there are a number of things that you may come across, and these may terms that describe a dental condition, dental equipment, a dental technique or procedure and so forth. All the dental jargon can be a little confusing to layman, but a simple question to your dentist should help enlighten […]
How To Get Straight Teeth
Ever wonder how to get straight teeth?and why do not all people have straight teeth, anyway? Well, the development of the teeth depends on a lot of things, ideally every single permanent tooth is supposed to emerge onto the arch aligned with each other. One by one, the teeth will erupt […]
Fake Braces for Teeth
Some people, interestingly enough, do not mind the look of the brackets on their teeth and on their smile. While some are quick to run away from it, some would gladly embrace it — in an effort to get on a fake braces trend of some sort with fake braces for teeth.
Orthodontics […]
Permanent Retainer
Most orthodontic treatments span for about a few months and go for as long as a few years, depending on the case. Some treatments follow a two-phase procedure, beginning with the use of removable appliances, before the braces are attached; some treatment procedures go a single phase — either way, treatments end with the […]
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