Orthodontic check up

Welcome Summer - braces and aligner tips

June 5th, 2025

School is out and summer has begun!. Whether you are continuing with academics and lessons through the summer or starting new adventures, routines can change. Modification to regular schedules can affect braces care, habits, and consistent wear or removable appliances (like Invisalign aligners, rubber bands on braces or retainers). Be sure to keep up with consistent wear and care of your orthodontic treatment and retention plan to keep that smile the best version it can be!

ORTHODONTIC OPTIONS

April 25th, 2023

Orthodontics 20 years ago often involved extractions, surgeries, lengthy treatment times, extraoral devices (like headgear) and clear aligners (Invisalign) were just starting to be developed. Now, preventative evaluation, materials advancements and new techniques provide new treatment may also be possible!

Crowding Check Up

March 31st, 2022

Crowding can present generalized throughout the arch, localized to a particular region in the arch form, and also vary from upper to lower arch. Some factors to consider in crowding evaluation of the developing dentition are size of teeth, arch shape, supporting bone and tissues, arch symmetry, order of eruption, direction of erupting teeth, and rotational position of teeth. Once the crowding assessment is determined, then this information is applied to other factors to best manage the crowding for each patient. These additional factors include: chronological age, dental eruption schedule, jaw growth pattern, family history, impaction risk, and anterior functional arrangement (overjet, overbite, coordination). With this assessment, orthodontic treatment options, timing recommendations, and risks/benefits of a phase I treatment or waiting for more growth and eruption of teeth can be advised.