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None, absolutely none. The aligners are designed to be removed each time you eat or drink. Remember that the recommended time of wear is 22 hours a day, so they should be removed only for eating and brushing. This will keep your treatment progressing along at the right rate. This means that you will not […]
It’s a good idea to skip foods that can damage or dislodge the braces. Avoid hard foods such as candy, raw carrots, corn on the cob, pretzels, nuts, popcorn and crushed ice. Other foods to avoid are sticky foods such as caramel and taffy or gum that contains sugar. These foods can cause loose brackets […]
One of the most frequently asked questions that I get asked is “How will wisdom teeth affect orthodontics?” Many believe that as the wisdom teeth grow in, they generate a force that causes the teeth to get more crooked. For many years the dental community has known that the force of wisdom teeth does not […]
Did you know that you can get too much of a good thing? We all know that fluoride is important to the health of our children’s teeth, but did you know that too much is not good? It is especially harmful to kids under the age of 8 (whose teeth are still developing under the […]
Fry Orthodontics Operational Excellence Strategy has allowed the team to optimize their facility space to provide quality care to patients.
