Month: April, 2008

Dental Crowns

30 April, 2008 (17:32) | Uncategorized | By: Kurt Wilde

Dental crowns are a dental treatment that, when placed on the tooth, covers the part of the tooth that is above the gumline.  It’s a tooth shaped cap designed to cover an existing tooth to restore its shape, size, strength, or to enhance the tooth’s overall appearance.
Your dentist might prescribe a dental crown to fix [...]

Wearing and Caring for Your Retainer

25 April, 2008 (02:45) | Uncategorized | By: B. Slade

Retainers is different from braces. Wearing retainers comes after wearing braces.  They are removable  It can be taken out when eating, brushing and flossing. meaning that you take them out when eating, brushing and flossing.  Being removable, they can be easily misplaced .  It is suggested that  your always carry your retainer’s case.  Whenever [...]

Instant Orthodontics

16 April, 2008 (07:05) | Braces | By: Kurt Wilde

One of the most popular orthodontic treatments today is commonly referred to as “instant orthodontics”. This is the application of porcelain veneers to your teeth to change your teeth’s color and shape, close the gaps between your teeth by slowly widening each tooth, hide small cracks and chips, hide minor crookedness, or lengthen your [...]

Smiline Dental Centre

15 April, 2008 (02:40) | Orthodontics Evaluation | By: B. Slade

The opening cocktail celebrated on February the 26th invited people to mingle with doctors of this newly opened state of the art dental centre where they familiarized themselves with the latest technologies in contemporary oral health care.

Orthodontics has taken the storm introducing recent developments in dental technology. In Dubai, the Smiline Dental [...]

Brace Yourself

10 April, 2008 (02:37) | Braces | By: B. Slade

Hassle, painful and time consuming, with trip after trip to the orthodontist, braces for teenagers  are  right of passage.   The whole process done in half the time as  you maybe told but  wearing braces is more of a disadvantage in the beginning.    You maybe the laughing stock like the case of  sitcom character Ugly Betty [...]

Interceptive Orthodontics

7 April, 2008 (15:14) | Uncategorized | By: Kurt Wilde

Interceptive orthodontics is orthodontic treatment for young children that begins before he or she starts the first grade to avoid certain conditions like crowding. This age is the best time to begin treatment because jaw growth and tooth development are not yet complete. Permanent teeth have also yet to come in, which makes [...]

Importance of Retainers

4 April, 2008 (11:00) | Retainers | By: B. Slade

Retainers are a critical part of your orthodontic treatment. Together, you and your dentist have worked hard to get your teeth as aligned and straight as possible. However, as soon as your braces are removed, teeth have a tendency to return to their original position. Retainers are needed to prevent this from happening [...]

Removing Braces

1 April, 2008 (11:07) | Braces | By: B. Slade

Some adults usually want to have their braces removed for events like a wedding. Although your orthodontist will oblige if it does not interfere with your treatment, for most cases those who want to remove their braces for a big event is are making a big mistake. If you have been wearing your braces [...]