What Are the Different Types of Orthodontic Malocclusions?

Know the types of orthodontic malocclusions

Crooked teeth, crowded teeth, and protruding teeth are more than cosmetic issues. When your teeth do not align properly, you can suffer from trapped bacteria, incidental wear and tear, difficulty eating, as well as a host of other dental problems. Malocclusion can even lead to problems with your gums, like gum tissue recession from increased…

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How Orthodontics Improves the Overall Health of Your Patients

Improves your patients' overall health with orthodontics

Whole Health Benefits of Advanced Dentistry When most people think about orthodontics, they think about dental procedures that can correct misalignment in their teeth and jaws and beautify their smiles.  However, few realize the whole-health benefits that they can achieve by pursuing this form of advanced dentistry. Not only can orthodontic treatments give your patients…

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How orthodontics improves TMJ symptoms for your patients

You can treat TMJ with orthodontics

How you can improve your patients’ quality of life by treating their TMJ problems with orthodontics.  If your patients report they have chronic pain in their jaw or suffer from discomfort when chewing and speaking, they are not alone. This type of pain in the jaw is a common condition called temporomandibular joint disorder (TMJD).…

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5 Ways Orthodontics Benefits Pediatric Practices

Orthodontics can benefit a pediatric dental practice

Expand your skills and provide added benefits for your patients with orthodontics.  Your pediatric dental practice is booming, but you want to raise the bar and offer your patients treatment that most other practices don’t have. Incorporating orthodontics into your pediatric dental practice is the number one way you can brand yourself as a comprehensive…

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5 Best Ways to Learn Orthodontics as a General or Pediatric Dentist

Ways to learn orthodontics

Take advantage of online or in-person orthodontics training. Dentists get questions about orthodontics every single day. Patients want to perfect their smiles, and sometimes orthodontics is necessary to restore functional health or correct a cosmetic issue. What can you do to effectively answer your patients’ orthodontic questions? Wouldn’t it be convenient for you to learn…

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3 Things To Know About Facial Esthetics & Orthodontics

Understand your patient's facial esthetics

A healthy smile means more than just straight teeth.  The general public assumes dentists solely observe and treat teeth, however, this couldn’t be further from the truth. In fact, dentistry is a comprehensive subsection of medicine that involves the cardiovascular system, the temporomandibular joint, and the sensory system. Moreover, dentistry affects our facial esthetics, our…

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Straight Wire Orthodontics Courses Are Both Online and In-Person

Straight wire orthodontics courses

Enhance your practice with orthodontics care for your patients. General and pediatric dentists are fortunate to provide comprehensive dental care for their patients, but they are often missing a key component of treatment. In dental school or residency programs, dentists are not well trained to provide orthodontic care for their patients, therefore, they are left…

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What Can Straight Wire Orthodontics Do for Your Practice?

Offer straight wire orthodontics to your patients

Improve your office production and retain your patients. If you are in general or pediatric practice, incorporating orthodontics into your office will have a quick positive impact. Would you refer every dental implant out? Would you refer every baby tooth that needs to be extracted to oral surgery? Instead of continuing to refer orthodontic cases…

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