by shoffortho | Sep 16, 2021 | Blog, Dental Posts, Ortho
PICTURE AN ANCIENT Egyptian in braces. That mental image might not be too far from accurate. Admittedly, they used catgut and metal bands, and it was likely only part of burial rituals to make the dead person’s teeth look nice for the afterlife, but it’s...
by shoffortho | Sep 8, 2021 | Blog, dental post, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
RUDIMENTARY DENTAL EXTRACTIONS were performed in China as early as 6,000 BC, and there is also evidence that they used wires to stabilize teeth. They didn’t seem to be very interested in straightening teeth, but they were quite advanced when it came to...
by shoffortho | Sep 1, 2021 | Blog, dental post, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
POTENTIAL SIDE EFFECTS are a concern with pretty much every medication that exists. We can all hear the drug commercial voice rattling off a list of them in our heads. Unfortunately, side effects from medications often overlap with oral health concerns, even when the...
by shoffortho | Aug 25, 2021 | Blog, Dental Posts, Ortho
EVERY ORTHODONTIC PATIENT has probably wondered what all the different parts are for in their braces. Some patients will have special appliances to correct a difficult problem, but the basics in traditional braces are the brackets and archwires, all held together with...
by shoffortho | Aug 19, 2021 | Blog, Vision
AS UNFAIR AND ILLOGICAL as it can be, people do tend to judge others on their appearances, and one trait that falls under that umbrella is whether a person’s teeth are crooked or straight. Studies indicate that people with straight teeth are perceived as being more...
by shoffortho | Aug 11, 2021 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
THERE WAS SOMETHING rotten in the state of England during the Early Modern Era: everyone’s sweet tooth! The English loved the expensive new commodity of sugar so much that the royalty and nobility were extremely prone to tooth decay and foul breath. Foul breath seems...
