How to avoid losing your retainers
I read an interesting tweet yesterday in which someone described how a patient had reported that they had lost their retainers on a picnic as, and are you ready for this, a sheep had eaten it! Looking through other tweets this clearly isn’t a one off...Essential braces kit
Most brace wearers will soon discover that to get through the day, they will need to devise a small kit of essential items that will frequently come in handy. My own kit varied depending on what I was doing and where I was going but I always, and I mean always, had a...
A most difficult decision
Just after the orthodontist or therapist has checked your braces and removed any elastics or arch wires, a nurse usually appears with a colour wheel in hand to ask you what colour elastics you want on your braces this time. Now this, I can assure you, is a very...
Goodbye Miss Gappy – A lingual braces blog
I attended an event in London last week and was delighted to meet Charlotte who has recently finished her lingual brace treatment at the well respected London Lingual Orthodontic Clinic under the care of Asif Chatoo. Her blog is a detailed account of her treatment...
Whose responsibility is retention?
At the Scottish Dental show, I attended a lecture on orthodontics delivered by Robbie Lawson, a specialist orthodontist from Edinburgh Orthodontics. Towards the end of his presentation, he asked the question ‘who’s responsibility is retention?’ and...
A guide to getting braces as an adult