A Mouthful of Fun Facts About Your Mouth
The mouth is a weird and wonderful place! You love it because you eat and talk and sing and laugh with it, but it's also a surprisingly complex little bodily environment. So, we thought we'd share some fun and interesting facts about your mouth that you probably don't know. When [...]
Common Holiday Foods to Avoid if You Have Braces
As you're no doubt aware if you or your child wear traditional braces, there are some foods that can easily damage them or get stuck behind the brackets and in the wires. Now that the Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa season is upon us, we wanted to provide a quick [...]
How to Treat Canker Sores at Home and With Your Doctor’s Help
Canker sores are certainly unpleasant, and they can be especially painful when you have braces that rub against them and cause extra irritation. The exact causes of canker sores aren't known, but unfortunately they do tend to appear more often in people who wear braces. While they typically clear up [...]
Simple Dietary Changes that Improve Your Oral Health
If you're looking for easy ways to boost the health of your teeth, gums, and the rest of your mouth, there are plenty of options. For example, if you make any of these common tooth-brushing mistakes, just eliminating them can make a big difference. It's also good to develop these [...]
Avoid These Common Tooth-Brushing Mistakes
We all know the importance of regularly brushing our teeth and flossing. But even if you're diligent about it, you may be making some common tooth-brushing mistakes that prevent you from getting the maximum benefits from your oral hygiene routine. So, take a quick look at these common tooth-brushing mistakes [...]
Some Overlooked Benefits of Adult Orthodontic Treatment
There are plenty of benefits of adult orthodontic treatment. While some are more obvious, others are often overlooked. And all these benefits—combined with the many convenient “invisible” treatment options available these days—are why adult orthodontic treatment is so popular and common today. So, if you've been on the fence about [...]
How to Relieve Invisalign Pain at Home
Invisalign and other clear aligners are a popular way to correct many types of bite problems. Among other advantages over traditional braces, they're practically invisible, and you remove them when you eat. But as with any type of orthodontic treatment that repositions your teeth, there can be some discomfort or [...]
Important Tips for Caring for Invisalign Clear Aligners
Invisalign clear aligners are a great option for many patients to treat a wide variety of bite problems. And caring for Invisalign clear aligners properly helps protect them. It also helps keep them clean and therefore invisible—and that invisibility is probably a big part of why you opted for these [...]
Quick Tips for Choosing the Right Orthodontist
As with any healthcare decision, choosing the right orthodontist is an important matter that deserves due diligence. There's certainly no shortage of orthodontic practices in most populated areas, and sometimes it can be hard to tell the difference between them all. Choosing the right orthodontist in an informed way matters [...]
Is Orthodontic Treatment for Adults Common Today?
Is orthodontic treatment for adults common in this day and age? You may be wondering about this if you're an adult with one of the many bite problems that orthodontists treat. Sadly, many grownups are hesitant about seeing an orthodontist because there's a misconception that this sort of care is [...]