Dental Knowledge


Depending on the case, it may be anywhere from 6 months to 3 years.


After the initial consultation and placement of the braces, and the treatment is under way, appointments are usually every 3 to 6 weeks.

After your braces come off, expect a period of full-time retainer wear followed by nighttime wear. Retainers maintain the teeth in their newly established positions and allow the muscles and tissues to adapt and hold the teeth in this new relationship. Your orthodontist can advise you best as to how long you need to keep wearing your retainers.

The recommendation is to brush and floss after every meal and before going to bed. Brushing and flossing are especially important when you have braces because food can get caught in the braces and cause cavities. It is also recommended to brush with fluoridated toothpaste in an attempt to avoid cavities, or use a fluoride rinse after brushing. Fluoride gel products are now available from your pharmacist without a prescription.

There is no age limit to consider orthodontics. Even if the majority of orthodontic patients are children or adolescents, more than 25% of under orthodontic care are adults. There is no age limit to consider orthodontics.it is never too late to improve your condition with orthodontics.

NO, this is very unlikely. Although growth helps the orthodontist in treating skeletal imbalances (jaw size discrepancies), growth alone will not solve the problem.

Serial extractions are preventive and interceptive measures consisting in extracting certain deciduous teeth in cases where there is a severe space deficiency in the dental arches. This procedure transfers space to the permanent teeth that are attempting to erupt but, because of lack of space, have a blocked or abnormal eruption path. These extractions do not eliminate the need for further corrections with braces to correct tooth malposition once they have erupted.

The need to extract permanent teeth for orthodontic treatment depends on many factors. The most common reason to extract sound teeth is a severe space deficiency in the dental arches that can be corrected by using the space created by these extractions. The techniques and protocols we now use in our practice make the need to extract for that reason less frequent than ever before.

NO. We do not extract teeth, do surgeries or procedures requiring anesthesia with needles or shots. The only exception could be the insertion of mini-implant used for temporary anchorage.

YES. A tooth with a crown or any restorstion can be moved just like any other tooh, as long as its roots and surrounding tissues are healthy.

When there is missing teeth, orthodontic can improve alignment of remaining teeth and may make possible better tooth replacement option.

After an initial adaptation period during which the teeth may be more sensitive, you should be able to do all your regular activities.

Treatment duration depends on many fActor such as:

• Patiens age
• Remaining growth
• Case complexity
• Patient cooperation during treatment.

In general treatment can last between 12 and 30 months with an average of 20 to 22 months.

We can frequently temporarily solve problems by phone but if necessary, we will schedule an emergency appointment.

In which the patient and the orthodontist have agreed that certain corrections will not be made even if they are possible. Reasons motivating a patient to consider a limited treatment are:

• Reducing the duration
• Reducing treatment plan
• Avoiding procedures such as- extraction, surgery etc
• Lack of cooperation