Orthodontic Blog - Fresh Orthodontics

During the course of orthodontic treatment, your teeth and gums are going to undergo some massive changes, indeed that is the whole purpose of this branch of medicine. But what you may expect to happen and how that plays out in your day to day life may be very different, and you may be surprised to find where your teeth are. Indeed, during the treatment, your teeth may move to places where they do not help biting or chewing food, but quite opposite, really. There is no need to worry! Your bite will change several times before the end of treatment, when a better bite will finally be yours.

In an ongoing effort to let our readers know about as many technologies as possible, I would like to take this time and talk a little about orthodontic spacers and their use in orthodontic treatments. In other words, what they are, why they’re used, and if there are any alternatives.

There are many different kinds of medical organizations in this world, and most of them are local or regional; there many North American or British organizations, for example. But global regulations of medical practice and organizations that uphold global standards are rare, especially for a field like orthodontics which many people consider to be merely aesthetic in nature. This is why the efforts of organizations that deal with regulating quality in this field are so important. The foremost organization that can be categorized as a truly international representative of orthodontics that seeks to hold all orthodontists to a single measure of quality is the WFO, or World Federation of Orthodontists.

We all know that smoking is bad for us, and that smoking is particularly bad for teeth and soft tissues inside the mouth, not just because it can cause oropharyngeal cancer. We have all heard about how teeth can become discolored, the mouth can dry out, gums can shrivel form smoke, bad breath, bleeding gingiva, and a heightened likelihood of developing dental caries, so it should not be surprising that smoking is highly discouraged while wearing any sort of orthodontry.