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How Much Can I Expect Braces to Help my Overjet, Open-bite, and Cross-bite?

If you’ve been dealing with a teeth alignment issue, you’re probably frustrated with the imperfection. You may have an overjet, crossbite, open bite, underbite, overbite, gap or something different that may be chipping away at your self-esteem. You may be asking yourself questions like, “How much can I expect in braces?” That’s a normal question that many people ask. However, it

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Bending Wires: A Procedure that should be Accurately Done

SureSmile: Can Robots Bend Wire Better Than Orthodontists? It seems as though we can find robots in just about every facet of manufacturing technology as well as in the medical world today. Many robots now are responsible not only for packaging and manufacturing much of the goods that we use daily but also for performing complex surgeries for

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Team Demas Orthodontics – Newsletter #1 – November 2017

  You don’t often hear sophomores in high school saying their dream job is to be an orthodontist, but at that age, I knew that was what I wanted to do. I enjoyed working with my hands and studying science, so it seemed like a good fit.Yet it took me a lot more life experience, and 16 years

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Do [Braces] Cause Difficulty in Speech?

If you are considering braces, it is important that you ensure you have all the information you need. Some questions people ask include: Are the braces painful? Will they require maintenance? Will they make you speak differently?

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Difference between a Dentist and Orthodontist

The field of medicine has many different specialists. In dentistry, there are two professionals that may confuse patients with oral conditions; a dentist and orthodontist. The two are quite similar. In general, ever, orthodontists train for a longer period than dentists. This makes them qualified for more procedures than general dentists. 

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Can You Still Get Braces If You Have Fillings?

  In a perfect world, everyone would have a perfect smile. Everyone would have perfect oral hygiene habits, so they wouldn’t have any cavities. Their teeth would already be straight, so there would be no need for orthodontic intervention. Unfortunately, this is not the current state of reality. Most people don’t have perfect smiles. Most people don’t have

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