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In so many of our cases, the person we treat must wear their dental oral appliance for at least a year or so to see if the articular discs will actually return to their proper place in their socket. In almost every case these past years, the condyle (top of the jawbone) goes so deeply into the glenoid fossa (the... read more »
In the past, it was quite common to hear ‘just pull it Doc’ if your tooth had a cavity, gum disease, or caused pain. After all, you have 32 of them by the time you are a teenager. Surely, you can spare a few here and there. Well, as it turns out, even pulling your wisdom teeth may not be... read more »
In the past, it was quite common for an orthodontist to order extractions of perfectly good teeth to make the process of moving teeth and creating space with the use of braces easier. So many children are now presenting with narrow arches and crowded teeth that it made sense (somewhat) to remove the crowded teeth, thus allowing the orthodontic work... read more »