Category: Children’s Orthodontics

Selecting Orthodontic Treatment To Straighten Your Teeth

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When it comes to orthodontic methods for correcting the spacing of your teeth, modern advancements provide multiple treatments to select from. What you will learn when you study the differences between each is that approach the same goals through different technology. For younger patients, we often suggest the robust corrective ability of traditional metal braces…. Read more »

We Offer Phase I Orthodontics

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The American Association of Orthodontists recommends that all children receive an exam by an orthodontist no later than 7 years old. This helps us identify problems with jaw growth or tooth development that could affect the position of their adult teeth. Also known as interceptive orthodontics, Phase I orthodontic treatment creates space to guide the… Read more »

How Phase I Orthodontics Help Kids

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Our team can start care for children as young as age seven, helping them limit the severity of developing dental misalignment. These custom orthodontics appliances can help prevent major issues in later years. In today’s blog, your Shirley, NY, pediatric dentist and orthodontist talks about our Phase I children’s orthodontics.

Are You Ready To Try Invisalign®?

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Dental misalignment could mean trouble for teens and adults, impacting oral health and the appearance of your smile. Our team can treat misalignment with orthodontics. In fact, with Invisalign® we can offer a clear and practically invisible solution! In today’s blog, your Shirley, NY, pediatric dentist and orthodontist talks about the Invisalign® system.

A Space Maintainer Helps Prevent Misalignment

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When your children lose a baby tooth too soon, this could alter how your permanent teeth erupt. Which means the risk of dental misalignment and malocclusion could increase! Fortunately, your Shirley, NY, pediatric dentist and orthodontist could help prevent uneven smiles with a custom space maintainer.

Starting Your Child’s Second Phase Of Treatment

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In our last blog, we talked about the Phase I treatment our team uses to guide smile development and limit the severity of misalignment for kids as young as age seven. But when does Phase II start, and what treatments will we offer? In today’s blog, your Shirley, NY, pediatric dentist and orthodontist looks at… Read more »

Space Maintainers Help Lower The Risk Of Misalignment

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When children lose baby teeth early, this could mean more than just a gap in the smile. This could cause teeth to drift, and complicate how the permanent teeth arrive. To prevent the onset of dental misalignment, your Shirley, TX, pediatric dentist and orthodontist talks about the use of space maintainers.

Helping Children With Phase I Orthodontics

shirley phase one orthodontics

Our team offers orthodontic care for kids, and can begin treatment as young as age seven. To do so, we will offer a phased approach, using custom treatments to guide smile growth. In today’s blog, your Shirley, NY, pediatric dentist and orthodontist talks about the benefits of phase I orthodontics, and how this helps guide… Read more »

When Kids Need A Space Maintainer

shirley space maintainers

When your children lose their primary teeth too early, this could impact how permanent teeth arrive and lead to misalignment and other complications. But we can help prevent this with the use of a custom space maintainer. In today’s blog, your Shirley, NY, pediatric dentist and orthodontist talks about the benefits of space maintainers.

Starting Your Child’s First Phase Of Treatment

shirley phased orthodontics

Did you know that we could start treating poor alignment as young as age seven? The first phase of treatment can help limit serious misalignment in childhood and protect kids from major malocclusion in their teen and adult years. In today’s blog, your Shirley, NY, pediatric dentist and orthodontist talks about children’s orthodontics.