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Expanding Your Palate

Mark Mutschler — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:38:37 +0000

If you are an artist, your palatte may be very messy and colorful. If you are a gourmand, then your palate describes your appreciation of smell and taste. Anatomically, your palate as the roof of your mouth. Some people have a narrow palate for a variety of reasons: thumbsucking pacificer use low tongue posture birth [...]

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Expanding Your Palate

When to Start Kids Braces?

Mark Mutschler — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:59:42 +0000

Most of my Portland patients ask me when to start braces for their kids. I have been practicing orthodontics in Portland since 1995 and so I have seen many of my pediatric dental patients grow up from infancy through their teens. Some orthodontists recommend treating crooked teeth or teeth that do not occlude (bite together properly) in [...]

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When to Start Kids Braces?

Super Orthodontic Wires

Mark Mutschler — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:39:50 +0000

Moving teeth is a relatively simple matter. Just push on a tooth with gentle force for a long time and the tooth will move. Kids that suck their thumbs will move their teeth forward with their thumbs. We move teeth with brackets glued to teeth and wires between them. The trick to moving teeth orthodontically [...]

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Super Orthodontic Wires

Invisible Braces for Teens

Mark Mutschler — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 04:48:15 +0000

Invisalign allows teens to straighten their teeth without having to show any metal. These are particularly good for spaced teeth. This week, a patient from Gresham asked me what would be best for closing his spaced front teeth. I told him that the Invisalign trays would cover up the spaces as soon as he put [...]

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Invisible Braces for Teens

When to Start Braces

Mark Mutschler — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:34:54 +0000

Many parents comment on the number of kids in second or third grade who have some braces. Treating with two phases of orthodontic care can usually be avoided. Good evidence exists that most orthodontic treatment is best provided at one time as a pre-teen. However, there ARE times when early orthodontic treatment is useful. Orthodontic [...]

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When to Start Braces

Brushing Braces

Mark Mutschler — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:25:20 +0000

One of the hardest things to do as an adolescent is to brush your teeth. We give brushing instructions but when you have braces, it becomes much, much, much harder to do a good job. Brushing teeth and especially brushing around braces requires attention to detail and taking enough time to do it well. These are [...]

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Brushing Braces

Invisalign for Teens

Mark Mutschler — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 05:09:38 +0000

More teens can be treated with Invisalign now. Techniques for treating patients with more complicated orthodontic problems were recently discussed in a lecture near Portland. Invisalign trays move teeth step by step by wearing a series of slightly different aligner trays that push teeth into new positions. When Invisalign was first developed, it was directed [...]

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Invisalign for Teens

Shark Teeth

Mark Mutschler — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:32:51 +0000

A surprising number of children develop a double row of teeth, especially on the lower front teeth. A six year old girl from Gresham saw me last week in my Portland office with just this condition. Her mother was concerned that the permanent lower incisors would stay inside the lower primary (baby) incisors and look [...]

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Shark Teeth