What is an Orthodontic Retainer?

After many years of wearing either metal or ceramic braces, the D-day is finally here. Your orthodontist informs you that you are going to get them removed. The removal process goes on smoothly with no fuss. Your teeth that were previously crooked or out of alignment are now picture-perfect. You can’t wait to take all those photos and selfies. But before you even start planning all those photo sessions, you hear that the doctor wants you to wear retainers for teeth. Why a retainer? Well, in this educative article, we seek to give you all the answers on why you would need a set of retainers on your teeth. Orthodontic retainers…

National Children’s Dental Health Month

The event itself has originated in Cleveland, Ohio. Initially, in the 1930s, the association only celebrated a day regarding national children’s dental health. But in the 1950s, this celebration was converted into a one-week-long event where activities were made to spread awareness of the cause. Since in those times, dental health was not given much attention. Afterward, in the 1980s, the week-long event was converted into a month-long awareness campaign. Ever since then, the campaign has been working with flying colors. For this, the governing body allowed the flag bearers of the cause to add a negligent amount of fluoride in the water that passed throughout the state. This helped to decrease the number of people coming in for dental issues. This shows the appreciation the movement received while being such a small and insignificant notion at the time. Even…