Teens will smile about high-tech braces that cut wearing time and pain. Oct. 9, 2008 — -- It's an adolescent rite of passage so many teens dread: a mouth imprisoned by braces. But new, high-tech ...

Aching teeth are one of the few health complaints that follow you through life. You don’t remember your first toothache, but your parent might. It probably happened when you were around 6 months old, ...

To floss teeth if you have braces, feed the short end of the floss through the space between the main arch wire and the upper portion of the tooth closest to the gum. Use a gentle sawing motion to ...

John Pham is what some might call a noodler. He noodled in aerospace. He noodled a startup or two. He even noodled at school, dropping out and then returning to earn degrees in engineering, dental ...

A dentist from Texas A&M has invented a device that decreases pain for patients getting braces by locating the precise insertion spot for the miniscrews, according to a story in the Battalion, a ...

When you think of braces, you may imagine the brackets and metal wires that make up traditional braces. But did you know that you may need orthodontic spacers before getting braces? Orthodontic ...

Think crooked smiles and braces are only for tweens and teens? Think again. Nowadays, more adults than ever are getting the straight smile they always wanted – faster and easier than expected. Today ...

When it was time for Roseann Riddle's daughter to get braces, it just wasn't financially possible. "When she was in need of braces, my husband had changed jobs and we didn't have dental insurance," ...