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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 …