If you are to undergo orthodontic treatment, having fixed appliances installed on your teeth is typically par for the course. However, not many people know that there are various treatment options. Knowing what is available to you makes you better placed at discerning what would be best suited to your specific needs. Your orthodontist's choice of treatment will largely depend on your budget, the extent of teeth realignment that you require, as well as your personal tastes and preferences.
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Braces don't stop children from playing musical instruments; however, they do change the way they are able to play them, especially when their braces have just been fitted. Parents may want to take some time to help their kids adapt to the changes in their mouths, so they can continue to enjoy playing during orthodontic treatment.
How Braces Affect Playing
Before they have braces fitted, musicians get used to using their mouth in a certain way to make music.
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Most people are pretty conscientious when it comes to their oral and dental health; you schedule regular check-ups at your local dental clinic, and you clean your teeth and floss twice a day. But did you know that including chewing gum as part of your daily oral hygiene routine can be extremely beneficial to your teeth, especially if you are a habitual grazer? Read on to find out more.
Are you a habitual grazer?
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Dentures can help a person with missing teeth to eat and speak freely and to feel better about themselves overall. Dentures can also support the bones of the face and protect the gums from irritation. In most cases, a person wearing dentures will often forget that they have them in, and once they become accustomed to them, they may feel just like real teeth.
However, there are some problems with dentures that a person should never overlook as these might mean that they need to be refitted or recast.
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Many people secretly continue to suck their thumb into adulthood, and it can result in a relatively unknown, but painful condition. Temporomandibular Joint Disorder, also known as TMD, affects your jaw joint, which is what enables you to open and close your mouth.
How can thumb sucking cause TMD?
There are a couple of ways that your thumb sucking can cause TMD.
As you sucked your thumb when you were growing, your habit will have moved your teeth out of alignment and may have reshaped your mouth to accommodate your thumb.
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