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 | 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 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...
by shoffortho | Aug 4, 2021 | Blog, Dental Posts, Endo, General Dental, Ortho, Pediatric
THE OLD LINE “it takes fewer muscles to smile than frown” isn’t actually true. It takes at least ten muscles to smile but as few as six to frown, so maybe the saying should be something like “you burn more calories when you smile than when you frown!” instead....
by shoffortho | Jul 28, 2021 | Blog, Dental Posts, Ortho
PART OF THE braces experience is the banned foods list. Our patients might be familiar with most or all of the types of food on the list, but do how about why it’s so important to avoid them? Braces Aren’t Indestructible Eating the wrong thing can break a bracket. We...
by shoffortho | Jul 21, 2021 | Blog, Dental Posts, Ortho
BRACES ARE SO common for teenagers (even though they aren’t the only ones who can have them) that a lot of people might take it for granted that these bits of metal can move teeth into their proper position, but how exactly do they do that? The process is pretty cool,...
