Orthodontic treatment to straighten and align teeth has been around for a long time, but the results have never lasted permanently. Orthodontists worked to create a retention solution to make results ...

You will want to follow your orthodontist’s instructions on wearing a retainer, to maintain the results of braces. This may mean wearing a retainer all day, every day for 4 months, or for 12 months.

Your retainer sits inside your mouth. So the food and plaque on your teeth can build up on your retainer. Just like with brushing your teeth, your retainer also needs to be kept clean. Find out how to ...

Recent advances in dentistry, coupled with patients' increased expectations and demands, means that some areas of clinical practice have become more specialised. An individual dentist is unlikely to ...

No more eye-popping orthodontist bills. Amos Dudley wanted to straighten his teeth, but he didn’t want to pay the dentist to do it. Then he took a look around and realized that, as an undergrad, two ...

Braces are dental devices that use pressure and control to gradually shift and straighten your teeth. Teeth that are misaligned or crowded, teeth that have large gaps between them, and jawlines that ...

Retainers should be worn for life to stop straightened teeth going wonky again, dentists have warned. The British Orthodontic Society said new research showed that after teeth had been straightened, ...