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How You Can Make Interceptive Orthodontic Care Easier for Parents
Early orthodontic treatment can benefit your smallest patients—and their parents. Interceptive orthodontic care refers to early orthodontic treatment of children with primary teeth. The goal of interception orthodontics is to control and correct developing malocclusions while the child’s jaw and dental growth are immature. Overbites and underbites are particularly difficult to treat in teenagers since…
Pediatric Orthodontics: Benefits to Your Dental Patients and Families
Pediatric orthodontics offers a lifetime of great oral health. The North American orthodontics industry is worth $2.26 billion. With adult orthodontic procedures grabbing more of the headlines in recent years, it’s easy to assume that’s where our focus should be. In fact, it’s pediatric orthodontics that brings the greatest benefits to our patients. Childhood and…
Should General and Pediatric Dentists Perform Orthodontics?
Is adding orthodontics to your practice worth it? Although licensed general dentists in the U.S. can provide orthodontic services, most general and pediatric dentists refer patients needing braces to orthodontic practices. General and pediatric dentists who offer orthodontic care must be able to meet or exceed the standard of care expected of professionals who offer…
5 Things Dentists Love About Our Straight Wire Orthodontics Course
Wondering if an AOS straight wire orthodontics course is right for you? As a general dentist, you spend years building great relationships with your patients. You may often see multiple generations of the same family, and they trust you to provide the very best care for their teeth. Adding straight wire orthodontics to your practice…
5 Things to Consider in Continuing Education as a General or Family Dentist
Ask yourself these questions to find the right continuing education course for you. Whether you’re only a few years out of dental school or you’re a seasoned practice owner, continuing education (CE) for dentists is typically mandatory, but also very necessary. Without CE courses, dentists would never learn about new materials and advances in dentistry.…
Why Every Dentist Should Understand Orthodontics
Why add orthodontics into your practice? Are you a family or pediatric dentist looking to expand your expertise and provide a greater range of services to both new and existing patients? If so, then it’s time to consider learning more about the field of orthodontics and considering the possibility of taking a general dentist orthodontics…
5 Things Patients Are Looking For in Dentistry in 2022
What Dental Patients Want in 2022 The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that openings for dentists will increase at least 8% from now until 2030. However, the demand for dentists in the U.S. is expected to rise 17% over the next six years. This demand is fueled by the increasing popularity of clear aligners,…
An Overview of Early Orthodontic Treatment in Pediatric Patients
Interceptive Orthodontics and Kids’ Dental and Overall Health Nearly every parent wants to know the age their child will need orthodontic treatment. After all, it is a major financial investment, and parents want their children to have healthy, straight smiles. The truth is that there is no one age that orthodontic treatment begins. Instead, treatment…
How Orthodontics Affects Systemic Inflammation in Patients
How Orthodontic Inflammation Aids Treatment To most people, orthodontics is about creating a perfect smile, and while this is partly true, there are other biological and health components to orthodontic tooth movement. In order to safely and properly shift teeth into the correct positions, pediatric and general dentists must understand how tooth movement heavily relies…
8 Tips To Grow Your Orthodontic Practice (for General Dentists)
It’s time to get the word out about your new services and grow your orthodontic practice. Did you recently add orthodontics to your general or family dental practice? If so, it’s time to get the word out! While your current patients might have noticed the change, there’s a chance that others in your community don’t…
Identifying and Treating Malocclusions Classes I, II, and III
Learn to Identify and Treat Patient Malocclusions Considered to be the architect of modern orthodontics, 19th-century dentist Edward Hartley Angle developed the malocclusion classification system in 1899, and it is still used in a slightly modified version today. Angle determined that Class I malocclusions involve mild crowding and positional or rotational aberrations. Class II malocclusions…
10 Ways To Grow Your Family or General Dental Practice
Become the go-to dental practice for children’s and general dentistry. Are you a general or pediatric dentist looking to expand your dental practice and serve a greater number of patients? By doing so, you can grow your community presence and establish your team as the go-to dental experts in your area. There are many different…