Do Wisdom Teeth Cause Crowding?
We hear this one all the time: “My bottom teeth are getting crowded. Is it my wisdom teeth?”
Honestly, it’s a fair guess. Wisdom teeth show up in the back of the mouth, there never seems to be enough room for them, and right around the same time your lower front teeth start looking a …
It might be the most common question we get:
“Would you recommend braces or aligners?”
And, like so many things in orthodontics, the answer is…
It depends.
We know. Not nearly as satisfying as picking a winner.
The good news is that modern orthodontics gives us more than one really good way to move teeth. Traditional braces have been doing …
If your child has been told they need an expander, you may have had a very reasonable first thought:
“Their teeth don’t look that crooked… so why are we making their mouth wider?”
Great question.
Orthodontic expansion makes a lot more sense once you understand what we are actually trying to accomplish. And spoiler alert: we are not expanding every …