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Want to succeed in life, be surrounded by great friends and enjoy more out of life? One secret may be in your smile. Specialised teenage orthodontic treatments can help improve oral health, reduce tooth decay and gum disease and also set your teenager up with a better smile, and most (...)
When you first get your braces, you will be given a list of things not to eat. The list of things includes foods like popcorn, corn on the cob, uncut apples, caramel, hard lollies and sticky chewing gum. Avoiding these foods keeps your teeth healthy and protects your braces from (...)
Braces to straighten teeth have been around since the early 1800s but braces for teenagers have come a long way since then! Teenagers with braces have had a certain stigma surrounding them for many years. Images come to mind of a mouth full of metal and names such as ‘brace-face’, (...)
Building a teenagers self-confidence is all part of creating a positive and well-adjusted young adult, someone who takes pride in their work and is set up to tackle the challenges of teenage years and beyond. One way you can help to grow a teenager’s self-confidence while wearing orthodontic braces is (...)
Tina - Oral Health Therapist (OHT) What does an Oral Health Therapist do? As an Oral Health Therapist in an Orthodontic practice we work alongside a Specialist Orthodontist under their supervision to change arch wires, bond indirect braces, place fixed lingual retainers, to remove braces, take photographs and moulds and (...)
As adults it can be hard to find time in our busy days to schedule appointments, let alone turn up for them and continue with any follow up needed. If you’ve decided to make improving your smile a priority, Norwest Orthodontics will create a braces treatment plan to suit your (...)
Braces use a combination of pressure and time to make corrections and movements to straighten teeth, creating a perfect bite or a better smile. Dental braces have evolved so much that you may not recognise them, in fact, many of today’s treatments available ensures that you can barely see them (...)
Tom Cruise got them at age 40. Nicholas Cage 39. Danny Glover when he was 59 and Faye Dunaway aged 61. Even Gwen Stefani spent much of her 30s in them. It’s never too late to get started and have a perfect smile. Adult braces are more common than you (...)
Your wedding day will be the most memorable day of your life and having beautiful, straight teeth will be part of the picture. Invisalign is the popular choice among brides and grooms who want to completely transform their smile before their big day. If you’re ready for a smile that (...)
The challenge has always been about trying to convince a teenager, or even an adult for that matter, that wearing braces for two to three years will straighten your teeth in the future. The major issue being the look of unsightly clunky metal braces. However braces are no longer the (...)
