A Guide to Getting Through Your First Week with Braces
Getting braces can prompt some mixed feelings, especially in kids. It's exciting to have a bite problem addressed, but braces can also lead to a little self-consciousness at first. If your child is experiencing this, just reassure them that they'll get used to the braces, and soon they won't even [...]
Important Tips About Caring for Fixed Retainers
After using braces to adjust the position of your teeth and having the braces taken off, that's not quite the end of your orthodontic treatment. Retainers are an important part of the process, too. After repositioning with braces, teeth are susceptible to shifting back out of place. Retainers prevent this [...]
Important Tips for Caring for Removable Retainers
Retainers are an important part of orthodontic care following alignment correction with braces. Once your braces come off, your teeth are prone to gradually moving out of the proper positions you just spent all that time getting them into. Retainers hold your newly adjusted teeth in place while new bone [...]
Some Simple Healthy Breakfast Ideas for Kids with Braces
Once kids have braces on, they shouldn't be eating various hard, sticky, gummy, and otherwise potentially damaging foods. It's never convenient to have more limitations on what kids can eat—especially the particularly picky ones. So, as part of our endless attempts to be as helpful as possible, we thought we'd [...]
Some Simple Healthy Lunch Ideas for Kids with Braces
As you probably know, many gooey, gummy, chewy, sticky, and hard foods can easily cause problems with braces. This rules out a number of things that kids typically like to eat, making it just a little harder to come up with meal ideas your son or daughter will go for. [...]
Foods for Healthy Teeth that You can Eat with Braces
Healthy gums and teeth are an important part of your overall health, as well as a cosmetic concern. Everyone knows that proper brushing, flossing, and antimicrobial mouthwash are essential ways to promote oral health and prevent cavities and gum disease. But, as with every other aspect of your health, what [...]
Some Simple Healthy Snack Ideas for Kids with Braces
Everyone knows that it's important to steer clear of certain snack items like gum, gummies, hard or sticky candy, and nuts when you have braces. And really, that's not so bad from the parents' standpoint, since so much of the off-limits stuff is junk food anyway. So, what should you [...]
Sore Teeth from Braces? Here’s How to Ease Pain and Discomfort
O rthodontics became the first dental specialty in 1900. Since then, millions of people have chosen to straighten their teeth with orthodontic braces. Unfortunately, a little pain is normal. If you have sore teeth from braces, you’re not alone. We created this guide to help you ease the pain and discomfort. Try [...]
How to Choose the Best Braces Colors to Brighten Your Smile
Did you know that the human eye can see up to 10 million colors? Sure, there aren’t that many different color braces to choose from, but there are a lot, which can make picking the right combo for you a tad overwhelming. To make things even trickier, knowing what colors to avoid [...]
Foods to Avoid with Braces: What You Can and Can’t Eat
D d you know that people with straighter teeth are perceived as smarter and more successful? While this isn’t likely to be the sole reason, an increasing number of youth and adults are getting orthodontics. With invisible brace options now available, straightening your smile no longer has to be so obvious. Even [...]