How do you maintain your smile?
Posted on January 5, 2018
Aligning your teeth and keeping them aligned is a team effort. Our orthodontist moves the teeth and brings your bite into alignment. After completing the orthodontic treatment, your teeth can still move back to their original positions if not maintained properly. So, once we’ve moved your teeth, we’ll ask you to do your part and… Read more »
When to see an orthodontist?
Posted on January 4, 2018
At Silver Smiles Orthodontics, we strive to provide the highest quality orthodontic care while maintaining a fun, friendly, and relaxed office environment. Our doctors work hard to design specialized treatments for every patient we see, and we’re proud to serve the communities of Atlanta and Snellville, GA with expert orthodontic care. For many people, though,… Read more »
Types of Braces (Fixed Appliances)
Posted on January 3, 2018
Orthodontists are specialists and as you’d expect orthodontics have benefitted from the special attention this has brought to continually developing technological advances and options for treatment. For the vast majority of orthodontic patients, wearing fixed appliances (commonly called braces) will be a major part of treatment — and those braces, for the most part, will… Read more »
Comfortable Orthodontics
Posted on January 2, 2018
Advances in orthodontic treatment have led to a dramatically more comfortable experience than in past years. As specialists, on the cutting edge of treatment methods, we actively seek treatment methodology and technologies that bring more comfort to the orthodontic experience. Today, we can say we offer comfortable orthodontics! We are a provider of Invisalign® clear… Read more »
At what age can you receive orthodontic treatment?
Posted on January 2, 2018
Most agree that age seven is a good target for an orthodontic evaluation. Typically, the child is in the midst of a growth process. Starting earlier allows your orthodontist to take advantage of this process by moving teeth and creating more space in the mouth in less time than it may take to do so… Read more »
Adult Orthodontic Treatment
Posted on December 15, 2017
Adult Orthodontic Treatment Means It’s Never Too Late to Get a Beautiful Smile Today, we are benefiting from a great many changes in options and treatment plans for adults that are much more comfortable and feature much more inconspicuous appliances that others are less likely to notice. More and more adults are seeing the benefits… Read more »
When Earlier Treatment Is Better
Posted on November 15, 2017
For many of our patients, we recommend treatment around ages 11-14, when all of the baby teeth are gone and many of the permanent teeth are in place. Sometimes there are conditions that are easier to treat when detected early as mentioned above during the initial evaluation at around 7 years of age. Your child’s… Read more »
What Kind of Bite Problems Can Orthodontic Treatment Correct?
Posted on November 1, 2017
A lot of our patients come to us because they’ve started noticing some bite problems. Usually around age seven we start to get our first patients. Truly, the sooner the better as left untreated minor bite problems could cause significant problems later in life. Some can even be life threatening! Some of the most common… Read more »
Invisalign for Teens
Posted on November 1, 2017
We’re living in the 21st century, and yet for many years teens only had the “metal mouth” option when it came to getting their teeth straightened. But now all that has changed! Today your orthodontist can offer your teen something really AWESOME! A system of clear, removable aligners made especially for teens called Invisalign Teen®!… Read more »
Orthodontics Treatments for Adults – The Change of a Lifetime
Posted on October 20, 2017
Orthodontic Treatments for Adults Orthodontic treatment isn’t just for kids anymore. If you’re not as proud of your smile as you’d like to be, orthodontic treatment can help – and thanks to advancements in technology and treatment methods, getting a new smile is easier, faster, and more convenient than ever before. The days of clunky,… Read more »