Make sure your mouth is warm. Our clients inform me that when trying to remove aligners after a very cold drink the job seems to be harder. Somehow the plastic feels less flexible. It also helps if your fingers and the inside of your mouth are drier. If possible, open your mouth for a few [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Invisalign’
Straightening the Curve
Mathematicians may argue that a circle is merely a set of straight lines put together. The above image was created by Nikolaus Gradwohl and was posted on his blog What does this have to do with dentistry? Well, it’s just that we constantly have requests from people who would like to have their teeth straighter [...]
Invisalign – Frequently Asked Questions
This blog has been designed to share with you our most frequently asked questions in regards to Invisalign at Ollie and Darsh. What is Invisalign? Invisalign is the clinically proven, nearly invisible way to straighten your teeth with metal braces. You wear a series of clear, plastic, removable aligners which over the period of [...]
Are you smiling on your Facebook pic?
We all know what Facebook is.. for those who done look at www.facebook.com We all have our photos on it… whether we like it or not Facebook is ourselves in digital form, we have a status, we have a wall, we express what religion we are or not, we have a relationship status and we [...]
The appearance of my teeth doesn’t bother me, is there any point in having Invisalign braces?
Many people live with over crowding, overbites or other types of alignment problems (the way you bite together) without the motivation to seek orthodontic treatment. However at Ollie and Darsh we are hearing more and more that a lack of confidence is a massive issue for some people and in fact they would feel more [...]