The metal braces have been used for many years to give us those amazing smiles. And still more and more patients are looking to wearing some more discreet braces, far from those bulky ones with ligatures. Many don’t want or cannot afford Invisalign or Incognito (or Ibraces) so they need something that doesn’t look that [...]
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Most patients dislike the idea of the “metal mouth” look they have while in the orthodontic treatment so they try to find alternatives to the classic bracing system. In this case a good idea for many of them is to use the LINGUAL braces. As their names said it, these braces are not placed on the [...]
Monday, May 12, 2008
As I mentioned before in another article, the metal braces can be of 2 main categories: the braces with brackets that have their own system to connect to the archwire (self-ligating) and the ones that need ligatures to do this. This article will present the self-ligating bracket braces; the best known being the Damon braces. These [...]
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Orthodontics is many times related to those “metal mouth” looks the patients have got. One of the “classical” ways to work on this treatment is to wear metal braces. These can have 2 systems to keep the brackets “closed”: by using elastic ligatures or by having the brackets “close” themselves through a new system. The [...]
Friday, May 9, 2008
We call them “invisible braces”, even if in the end Invisalign doesn’t rely on the regular braces system. There are no wires or ligatures in there, nothing metal, just some clear plastic and some attachments that have the same colour as your teeth have. Invisalign is one of the newest orthodontic treatments that’s got a [...]
Wed, Mar 18, 2009
Discoloured teeth, small gaps between them or chipped teeth after an accident will prevent us from having the perfect smile we always wanted. The veneers have been used for quite some time to “hide” such imperfections and they have been a good option in this matter. In some very light orthodontic cases these veneers might solve [...]
Fri, Sep 26, 2008
One of our readers got to this project by using the following search: “is it ok for the invisalign to not fit for the first time”. I think it’s a good idea to try and explain some of the issues. Invisalign is made of a series of trays that go on your teeth. They are made [...]
Fri, Aug 8, 2008
How to put an elastic ligature on your brace? One of our visitor was interested to know how to put an elastic ligature on the braces. Well, most of the time we’re not the ones to do this, since it would be pretty difficult. In order to put a ligature over the braces, one needs excellent light, [...]
Wed, Aug 6, 2008
Yes, you can. But would you? Coffee is pretty famous for having the “talent” to stain things. Your Invisalign trays are clear when you start wearing them (the first days in the 2 weeks normal wear time) and it would be nice to have them as clear as possible till the end of those 14 days. Any [...]
Sun, Aug 3, 2008
Many adults are getting orthodontics treatment and this question is something some of them have in mind. There are adults who happen to not have a stable relationship at that time and their worries are normal: what if the fact they are braced might ruin the chance to actually get a date for the entire [...]
Thu, Jul 31, 2008
Any orthodontist will preach for safeguarding your Invisalign trays when they are not in the mouth. You get a special box to keep them while eating and you spend too little time without them on your teeth, it’s almost impossible to misplace them. ALMOST. Three weeks ago I was brushing my teeth in the bathroom, after [...]
Tue, Jul 15, 2008
One of our visitors was looking for this information and we thought it would be a good idea for a topic too. It is clear that he/she is currently under Invisalign treatment and the teeth are not as “tough” as they normally are. Our reader is scared about them being loose. DON’T BE! It’s normal. The entire [...]
Mon, Jul 14, 2008
I have started my orthodontics treatment 1 year ago. A complex case, with a lot of work to be done to get a decent bite and some well aligned teeth. I had severe crowding, a canine that was too high and almost over the near incisor, a bicuspid in front of the other (even my [...]
Tue, Jun 24, 2008
The Invisalign system is one of the most modern ones used in orthodontics, redefining all this treatment. Now, you can forget about the normal braces, the ones made of ceramics or even placed in the “back” side of the teeth. Invisalign straightens your teeth by using some plastic “mouthguard” like trays, you change every 2 [...]
Tue, Jun 24, 2008
The retainers are the orthodontic devices we use in order to keep the teeth in the new place they are. Many patients think that braces are all it takes for a perfect smile and hearing they have to wear a retainer for months/some years is getting them almost depressed. When we end our orthodontics treatment we [...]
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
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