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February was Heart Health Month, as seen by the Go Red Campaign. Every week there are more articles written about the correlation between good oral hygiene and keeping your heart healthy. So what does this all mean to me? And what can I do about it? Oral infection increases the risk of strokes. Research has […]
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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 […]
