How to look after your brace during Covid-19
Whilst you are unable to visit your dental practice, there is a lot you can do to help yourself until your next appointment. These fall under two headings, looking after your brace and maintaining excellent oral hygiene.Looking after your braceAt the moment, it is not...Braces and Covid-19
The last few weeks have seen some significant changes in the provision of dental services across the UK. If you are currently in treatment, you would have been contacted by your practice to advise you to stay away and to follow advice about looking after your brace...BOS response on direct to patient orthodontics
The British Orthodontic Society has issued a statement in response to the post from Kevin O’Brien and I’m including it here so you can read about the concerns being expressed by Orthodontists on behalf of patients. You should read Kevin’s blog post...Direct to patient orthodontics
Over recent months, you may have seen more advertising from direct to patient orthodontic providers promoting their clear aligner treatments. Some market themselves predominantly via social media advertising and some have city centre stores where you can seek advice...
Invisalign 7 million patients
In July, Invisalign quietly announced they had treated seven million patients. This is an incredible number and more so when you consider it was only towards the end of last year they announced they had treated their six millionth patient. This level of growth in an...
A guide to getting braces as an adult