A new dental facility has received environmental approval from the city of Yakima.Thompson Development received the environmental go-ahead to build a 25,000-square-foot facility for Apple Valley Dental & Orthodontics at the former Country Drive-In Theatre on Nob Hill Boulevard between 42nd and 44th avenues.The approval is contingent on several mitigations that include making frontage improvements [...]
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When a child needed braces twenty years ago; orthodontists had to use a typical appliance system. This involved the installation of stainless steel wires and brackets with basic elastics. These looked ill at ease and uncomfortable to the point they earned the nickname ‘railroad track’ braces. Today, these are becoming far more favorable. [...]
Can you imagine sensors like this in each of your teeth? If all goes as planned, that is how the braces of the future will be like. The Institute of Microsystem Technology (IMTEK) at the University of Freiburg has been developing smart brackets to address the need for monitoring movement of teeth. Smart brackets [...]