Traditionally, children are not referred to the orthodontist until they are 11 or 12 years old when most of the adult teeth have come through. With more and more demand on NHS resources for orthodontic treatment, many practices have a waiting list for children to be assessed and/or to start their teeth straightening treatment, so […]
There are many quick fix orthodontic treatments available, like Six Month Smiles, but not all of them can give the best overall result, or a healthy long term smile. It’s true to say that tooth straightening is most effective with braces that are fixed to the teeth – they have more control on how the […]
It’s a universal truth that anyone who has braces will experience some form of discomfort, however minor this may be. For most people, thankfully, any discomfort is short lived and is easily made comfortable, but for some there can be difficult periods wearing braces – especially in the case of adults. The best way to […]
I have recently attended careers events for local schools and have met some lovely young people who are thinking about a career in dentistry. Some are reasonably well informed, having looked into the requirements and even done a few weeks of work experience. Many of the teenagers I did meet though seemed unsure what to […]
Some patients actively look for brace treatment, but many are advised by their dentist that they need to see an orthodontist in order to make treatment like veneers or crowns easier to do. In these cases, the additional expense of orthodontic treatment may seem unnecessary. After all it’s quicker and less hassle just to have […]
One of the greatest challenges for an orthodontist is treatment planning. Depending on when the orthodontist qualified and where they were taught will, to some extent, influence the treatment decisions. Ultimately the main goal for any treatment is to straighten teeth and to help maintain the result for the long term. A generation ago, the […]
This week I’m going to talk about six month smiles and how they work. “Six month smiles” is a brace system that is marketed to ‘non-orthodontists’ with the aim of providing them with a way of aligning people’s front teeth without needing the skill and/or training in orthodontics. In order to provide these braces, a […]
Nowadays there is a myriad of brace choices available to patients and so knowing what treatment to have to straighten teeth can be a real problem – especially if you rely on resources such as the internet as your major source of information. No matter what brace you think you’d like, there will be someone, […]
Going forwards I’d like to use the blogs as a way for people to find the right kind of advice and information for people considering teeth straightening treatment for themselves or their children. Generally speaking, anyone can have orthodontic braces. You can correct very minor irregularities of the teeth, all the way up to; major […]
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