by | Mar 3, 2016 | Invisalign, Invisalign Teen, Orthodontic Treatments, Smile Quote, Team Demas Orthodontics
The power of smiling to everyone around you will surprise you big time.
“A beautiful smile without any reason is the smile of the existence!” – Mehmet Murat ildan
People can tell if you are not smiling with any passion. The world requires that we smile in certain situations, but your personal hang-ups may be keeping you from smiling from your core. This will get you nowhere! The real issue is how to fix the issues that are keeping you from giving your all to the world.
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by | Mar 1, 2016 | General Articles, Invisalign, Invisalign Teen, Orthodontic Treatments, Team Demas Orthodontics
Orthodontic braces have come a long way over the years. They are smaller, faster and, in some ways, less painful than they were decades ago. The one thing that hasn’t changed, of course, is that they move your teeth. It is not
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possible at this time to accomplish this purpose in a completely pain-free way, but there is also no need to believe any horror story you have heard about excruciating, constant pain.
Painless Attachment
There was a time when the process of having braces put on involved forcing a metal band around each tooth, rather like putting rings on your fingers. These bands held the brackets that the wires were threaded through. This process was painful, as you can imagine, because space for two thicknesses of metal had to be created between every tooth and its neighbor before the actual straightening even began.
Fortunately, the attachment phase for braces has been refined substantially over the years. Today, each small bracket is cemented independently to the surface of the tooth. This process is relatively quick and painless. The only discomfort you should experience is the same you would expect from a routine cleaning: having your lips stretched and having your mouth prodded with instruments.
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