After my last post, I got so many kind messages so I want to start by thanking everyone who took the time to private message me, to tell me how useful they find these blog posts! So, that said, lets get on with todays case walk through: I got a simple Class 2 Div…
Okay, I apologize in for the slightly click-bait title to this weeks blog. Just before I get some arsy emails – lets be clear – I cannot treat big skeletal discrepancies with ortho, complex or simple. I can’t even treat with surgery – Ill leave that to the specialists! Here is a case walkthrough of…
Here is a single arch case, where if I had done this without extractions, the patient would have hated the result! So here is my thinking, and treatment planning. Great, so lets do the planning: On the right, she is 1/2 unit class 2 (canine), almost class 1 molars, and on the left, 1/2…
Here is a really simple case, that every GDP should be able to help their patients with! Now, every brace company out there is promoting how fast their system is. The truth is that if you put a force on a tooth, it will move at its own pace, no matter the what shape bracket, or…
The story for this guy is that he came to see a referring dentist of mine, asking for veneers to improve his smile. Now, its pretty clear that veneers will not be able to give this guy the smile he is looking for. The plan was to ‘jump the bite’ with the upper incisors, and…
This is a cool little case I treated a few years ago – and back then my photography was average! So I apologize for some of the photos, but you should get the idea! Ok, so lets get on with it, these are the pre op intra oral photos. This lady didn’t want her…
When you start to get into orthodontics, you will see that the type of brackets that you use will become very important. To cut a long story short, the quality of your brackets will determine the quality of your end result. This is true for complex, or simple orthodontics. I am going to focus on…
Lets talk about Anchorage in Orthodontics. This is a basic concept, but can get fairly complex, so lets keep it simple. If you have two object, one is a small marble, and the other is a football. Now imagine you could connect the two with a tight elastic band, and let go. What would happen? Well,…