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Traditional metal-wired braces are stainless-steel and are sometimes used in combination with titanium. Getting metal braces is definitely something to be excited about, but if you're like most patients, you also have some questions and concerns about braces. Here are some things you should know about metal braces....

When there's too much damage for the tooth to be repaired, the tooth may need to be extracted — or removed — from its socket in the bone. Tooth extraction is performed by a trusted Forest & Ray dentist or dental surgeon and is a quick outpatient procedure with either local or general anaesthesia....

Chairside tooth whitening is a light-activated whitening session in a dentist's office It is sometimes called chairside-bleaching and results in instantly and often dramatically whiter teeth. The whitening agent is applied as a gel placed in a mouthpiece or as a strip that sticks to your teeth. Whitening toothpaste is sometimes used. They contain abrasives that remove stains on the enamel....

The era of mandatory train track braces are officially over! Not only are there more aesthetic options that do the exact same thing, but now, you can wear absolutely invisible dental braces too, by getting them on the side of your teeth facing inwards, or by getting completely transparent brackets! Brackets made from sapphire crystals are now here, and provide a perfect aesthetic solution to the problem of adult orthodontics. Read on to find out more....

Wisdom teeth often need to be extracted, and very often surgically. This is because they are all the way in the back of the mouth and in order to not damage the teeth in front of it, the dentist often has to go from below and remove the tooth. A common question that patients who are facing wisdom tooth extraction want to know is how long is the recovery period? When you can do the things you love doing without the long chain of caveats is partially up to you, and partially up to how long it takes you to heal. There are many factors involved in this, and we will be listing a few now....