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Jul
10

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Are you aware that Glow-in-the-Dark braces do actually exist? I’m not kidding!

A lot of kids and teens are having fun with their glow-in-the-dark braces because your teeth would be glowing whenever the lights go out or during nighttime. Having one means you are literally having a glowing smile. Some people are open to the idea, yet some find it creepy. Do you know a person who has this type of braces? I haven’t encountered someone with a “literally glowing teeth” yet. How does it feel like when you’re brushing your teeth using an electric toothbrush at night? What if your room mate with glowing teeth is snoring so loud then you went beside him and saw this greenish thing in his mouth? Hmmm…

Mar
10

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What are traditional bands? These are braces our parents used to wear old school style. The mouth of the patient has a lot of metals and the brackets are melted to the bands and are being wrapped around each other and in every tooth.

Due to the lifestyle of the new generation, teens nowadays prefer to have invisalign braces than the traditional one. The traditional and Invisalign has the same function except that the latter type can’t be seen at all. Thanks to modern dental technology, we can now pretend that we don’t have one. This development is a good contribution to the world of orthodontics.