Articles about teeth straightening and brace treatment
A cross bite is the way a dentist would describe a certain way your teeth bite together. In the majority of people, the top teeth bite slightly outside of the lower teeth, and in the front, the upper teeth overlap the lower teeth a little, as shown below. Cross bites can happen at the front…
Many adults think that braces are just for children, but this could not be further from the truth. In the last few years there has been a massive increase in the number of adults who are looking to have teeth straightening with a cosmetic braces system. In the past, adults who wanted to have braces…
Clicking in jaws is very common, and most dentist have no idea what it means. Often the clicking in the jaw joint does not hurt, but the fact it is clicking means that it is not functioning as it should. The Jaw and the base of the skull are normally separated by a little disc,…
What is Six Month Smiles? Six Month Smiles is (another) branded orthodontic system, like Invisalign, or CFAST, inman aligner – the list goes on! With 6 month smiles, it is basically the first stages of full orthodontic treatment. Can any dentist offer this treatment? Yes, general dentists do need to attend a 2 day course…
At the time of writing this, it certainly looks like they have run out of money, or something else very bad is happening there! This is quite a bad outcome for me, as a dentist, who has a lot of patients in the middle of clearstep treatment. It is an even bigger problem for those…
There are so many brace treatments available, and it can be confusing for people looking to straighten their teeth when they are researching the available treatments. I have been using many brace systems for a while now, and once Clearstep and Invisalign were by far the most popular, but in the last 2 years, there…
Teeth straightening is now one of the most popular cosmetic dental treatments carried out at The Kensington Clinic, London. Occasionally I will get asked, what is the difference between myself, and an Orthodontist, and the difference is an Orthodontist is a specialist in brace treatments. To become a specialist, a dentist needs to carry out…