Clear Aligner FAQs: Your Common Questions Answered
Clear Aligner FAQs: Your Common Questions Answered Parents of teenagers and those seeking adult orthodontics often have questions about clear aligners. After all, the technology wasn’t around or common when they were growing up—metal braces dominated the field. But clear aligners are an attractive and easy choice for a lot of teens and adults alike. We want to help you [...]
Unexplained headaches? TMJ Issues May Be the Culprit
Unexplained headaches? TMJ Issues May Be the Culprit No one should have to suffer chronic headaches, which can be debilitating and interfere with general life enjoyment. Often, though, patients come to us having suffered unexplained headaches for years. This happens for a number of reasons—either they sought treatment but no one was able to find the source of the problem, [...]
Why Get Adult Braces? 5 Surprising Health Benefits of Straight Teeth
Why Get Adult Braces? 5 Surprising Health Benefits of Straight Teeth As an adult, you may find yourself looking in the mirror at your teeth wondering if it is too late for braces. You have lived with your crooked teeth for this long—does it make sense to take the step to get braces at this point in your life? You [...]
Which Is Better— a Custom or Over the Counter Oral Appliance for Sleep Apnea?
Which Is Better— a Custom or Over the Counter Oral Appliance for Sleep Apnea? You snore and suspect you have sleep apnea. But the great news is, not all sleep apnea needs to be treated with a clunky, inhibitive CPAP machine. If your case is mild or CPAP hasn’t worked for you, an oral appliance could be just the solution [...]
Early Orthodontics: Is it too early for my child to get braces?
Early Orthodontics: Is it too early for my child to get braces? If you are like every parent of the current parenting generation, you likely have seen your child’s peers at school, sports, or social events and wondered—why do some of their friends have braces already? We are used to the idea from our childhood that orthodontics is one phase [...]
TMJ Symptoms: How Do You Know If Your Jaw Pain Is Bad?
TMJ Symptoms: How Do You Know If Your Jaw Pain Is Bad? Open and close your mouth. Now think about how often you do that during a given day—and for how many functions that are vital to living. When you eat, talk, yawn or breathe deeply, express yourself, take care of your teeth, or even just get a drink of water, opening and [...]
