by Shine Orthodontics | Sep 17, 2021 | Orthodontics
5 Tips and Tricks for Your First Week of Braces Treatment If you’re inching closer to your first week with braces, you’re probably feeling a lot of different emotions. You might be excited to start the journey towards your brand new smile, but you might also be a bit...
by Shine Orthodontics | Sep 2, 2021 | Orthodontics
How Can You Make Braces or Invisalign Affordable? Many people spend their whole lives dreaming of a straighter smile. As orthodontic specialists in Thornton, Colorado, it makes perfect sense to us! Having straight teeth is associated with improved confidence and...
by Shine Orthodontics | Jun 16, 2021 | Orthodontics
The temporomandibular joint, or TMJ. It’s a long word with an equally important function. When you open and close your mouth to talk, chew, or yawn, the TMJ is hard at work as the hinge that connects your jawbone to your skull. When your TMJ is healthy, you don’t even...
by Shine Orthodontics | May 19, 2021 | Orthodontics
When you think about orthodontics, is your first thought legions of braces-wearing teenagers? Indeed, for generations of teens, braces are like a rite of passage. And it makes sense — high school is when all your adult teeth have finally come in and you’ve said...
by Shine Orthodontics | Jan 7, 2021 | Orthodontics
There is no doubt that the advent of Clear Aligners Therapy (e.g. Invisalign, 3M Clarity, ClearCorrect, etc.) has changed the way that orthodontics is done. It is so appealing; patients love that we can now move teeth without the need for braces and wires! People...
by Shine Orthodontics | Nov 16, 2020 | Orthodontics
I often hear people make comments such as “I had to have braces twice,” or “I’ve noticed that they are doing braces twice these days.” This begs the obvious question, why would you intentionally have to do braces twice? As a parent, it can be confusing if they hear...
