Is anybody else out there scared of the dentist? If you followed the Adult Braces Journey you will know that - nothing personal to the kind dentists I have visited as an adult – I have a bit of an issue with sitting in a dentist chair. So, what ever possessed me to go ahead and get braces – where I am a sure thing to have people playing around in my mouth every couple of months, doing things that I don’t get to see or control! Well I promise you that no matter how dental phobic you are, the experience ...
Time for a wire change?
So now you have your braces, the wire has been fitted, and you have been called back to have a new wire fitted to start the tooth moving process. This short video explains how simple a wire change is – of course there is much more to it ‘behind’ the scenes – your orthodontist has to assess how much movement to initiate with each wire change, what gauge wire to use, whether any kinks or twists need to be added to the wire to get the movement required, reshaping of the wire and finally inserting and trimming to ensure you have ...
