by Natalie Giles | Jan 26, 2021 | Blog
A LOT OF PEOPLE don’t know very much about how orthodontic treatment works, which means that we tend to hear a lot of the same questions from our patients. Let’s head some of those off with a quick Q-and-A session, but make sure you bring any questions we don’t...
by Natalie Giles | Jan 19, 2021 | Blog
OUR TEETH ARE MEANT to fit together in a specific way. It’s how we are able to chew effectively and speak clearly. When the upper and lower teeth don’t fit together the way they should, we call that a malocclusion, or bad bite. In addition to impeding those...
by Natalie Giles | Jan 12, 2021 | Blog
WHAT DOES A TOOTHBRUSH have to do with cold and flu season? More than you’d think! It’s never fun to battle a cold or a bout of flu, but that’s no reason to slack off on taking care of our teeth and gums. Feel Better Through Dental Hygiene It can feel like a lot...
by Natalie Giles | Dec 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
PEOPLE USED TO THINK that gum recession was an inevitability of getting older, but that’s not necessarily true. What is gum recession? It’s when the edge of the gum tissue recedes from around the crown of the tooth, exposing more and more of the root. We often think...
by Natalie Giles | Dec 15, 2020 | Blog
A LOT OF PEOPLE don’t know very much about how orthodontic treatment works, which means that we tend to hear a lot of the same questions from our patients. Let’s head some of those off with a quick Q-and-A session, but make sure you bring any questions we don’t...
by Natalie Giles | Dec 8, 2020 | Blog
Much like with laundry, orthodontic health can be more manageable if you get ahead of it. You wouldn’t skip a well-check at the pediatrician, and you shouldn’t skip an early trip to the orthodontist either. A visit to your orthodontist by age 7 will help keep...
by Natalie Giles | Dec 1, 2020 | Blog
DENTAL PHOBIA ANDÂ anxiety are pretty common, affecting more than one in every ten Americans. That means that close to 40 million people avoid getting crucial preventative dental care, which in turn means that small, easy-to-fix dental problems can become big, painful,...
by Natalie Giles | Nov 24, 2020 | Blog
BEING STRESSED OUT is never a fun feeling, so it might not be too surprising to hear that stress can actually impact our physical health in significant ways. That includes the health of our teeth and gums. 😧 We’re not talking about a brief burst of adrenaline in a...
by Natalie Giles | Nov 17, 2020 | Blog
WHETHER WE GET braces as teenagers or not, whether we grow up with straight teeth or not, our teeth can still shift as we get older. 🤔 This happens for a number of reasons. Bottom teeth in particular are prone to gradual shifting called mesial drift, meaning that they...
by Natalie Giles | Nov 10, 2020 | Blog
What is an orthodontist? All orthodontists are dentists but not all dentists are orthodontists. What we commonly call orthodontists are actually specialists in the area of orthodontics (straightening teeth) and dento-facial orthopedics (the bones that support the...
