Not-So-Sweet Sweets: The five worst candies to eat during orthodontic treatment
Sticky, hard, and gooey: these candies fill your dopamine receptors with spasms of sugar-filled joy, [...]
August 28, 2024
Labor Day: Our favorite holiday to rest!
Labor Day, celebrated on the first Monday each September here [...]
August 21, 2024
Get Your Orthodontic Journey Off to a Good Start
Whether you’ve chosen traditional braces or invisible aligners, congratulations! You’ve [...]
August 14, 2024
What’s the Function of Functional Appliances?
Whenever we bite down, we’re applying force with our jaw [...]
August 7, 2024
What is orthognathic surgery?
Orthognathic surgery is surgery to correct a wide variety of [...]
July 31, 2024
Forget Something? It’s on the Tip of Your Tongue!
Let’s see… Toothbrush? Check. Fluoride toothpaste? Check. Floss? Check. Two [...]
July 24, 2024
Too old for braces? You Might be Surprised
Although adolescence is a common time to get braces, there’s [...]
July 17, 2024
How Braces Can Work at Any Age
The team at Davis Orthodontics loves to help adults achieve [...]
July 10, 2024
Does my child need two-phase treatment?
Two-phase orthodontic treatment involves two separate and distinct periods that [...]
July 3, 2024
Overbite Overview
An overbite is one of the most common malocclusions. If [...]
June 26, 2024
How does wisdom tooth removal affect orthodontic care?
The purpose of braces and other forms of orthodontic treatment [...]
June 19, 2024
Prevent Tooth Decay With Braces
When you start wearing braces, it can become a challenge [...]
May 29, 2024
Five Braces-Friendly Dinner Recipes
Did you know that more than four million children throughout [...]
May 27, 2024
Top Five Best Foods for Oral Health
Some foods are just terrible for your teeth — think [...]
May 27, 2024
Orthodontic Treatment through the Internet
You can learn just about anything on the Internet these [...]
May 8, 2024
Best Ways to Prevent Bad Breath
Nobody likes bad breath, and although it can sometimes be [...]
May 1, 2024
Spring Cleaning
Just like that, it’s almost summertime. As the spring season [...]
April 24, 2024
Water Flossers and Braces
You devote a lot of energy to your orthodontic treatment. [...]
April 17, 2024
Making Your Life Better with Orthodontics
The number one goal of orthodontic treatment is to give [...]
April 10, 2024
Courting Disaster
When we think of sports and dental damage, we naturally [...]
April 3, 2024
Snowball Effect
Winter and its snowball fights are behind us, true, but [...]
March 27, 2024
Importance of Oral Hygiene with Braces
Proper oral hygiene techniques are always worthwhile, but they are [...]
March 13, 2024
Adults and Braces
Nowadays, many adults are taking advantage of getting straighter teeth [...]
March 6, 2024
Orthodontics and Whole Body Health
In recent years, many links have been established between orthodontic [...]
February 28, 2024
Tips to Avoid Common Problems Associated with Braces
While braces play an important part in helping to create [...]
February 21, 2024
Double Duty
If you play a contact sport, you know about mouthguards. [...]
February 14, 2024
Does Your Valentine Wear Braces?
The Valentine shopping list is traditional and simple: Flowers. Candy. [...]
February 7, 2024
The Truth about TMJ
TMJ is the quick way of referring to your Temporomandibular [...]
January 31, 2024
Power Chains
By now, you’re very familiar with the basic building blocks [...]
January 24, 2024
When Does an Underbite Need Surgery?
When does an underbite need surgery? The short answer is: [...]
January 17, 2024
Questions, questions…
When beginning orthodontic treatment, most patients ask Dr. Allen and [...]
January 10, 2024
Helpful Retainer Habits
We’ve probably all seen that unhappy kid or frazzled parent [...]
January 3, 2024
New Year’s Resolutions—Counting Down to a Beautiful Smile
Traditionally, January is a great time to choose some bad [...]
December 28, 2023
Five (Easy-to-Keep!) Dental Resolutions for the New Year
It’s a new year! A blank calendar! A traditional time [...]
December 20, 2023
How NOT to Forget Your Retainer
The alarm sounds in the morning, you wake up and [...]
December 13, 2023
How Long Will My Retainer Last?
You’ve worked hard for your attractive, healthy smile, and now [...]
December 6, 2023
Orthodontics—Gift Yourself!
It’s the season of giving and the start of a [...]
November 29, 2023
When is the best age to begin orthodontic treatment?
Most parents know that routine dental care should begin during [...]
November 22, 2023
What Are Adjustments?
If you’ve just gotten braces at our San Diego office, [...]
November 15, 2023
Flossing Fact or Flossing Fiction?
Somewhere in a bathroom drawer or medicine cabinet, we all [...]
November 8, 2023
Tips to Keep Braces Clean
Orthodontic technology changes and improves all the time. Today’s braces [...]
November 2, 2023
National Brush Day
October 31—Halloween. Fourth Thursday in November—Thanksgiving. And, in between these [...]
October 26, 2023
Witch Halloween Treats Are Trickiest for Your Teeth and Braces?
It’s that time of year again—Halloween! Carving pumpkins. Creating costumes. [...]
October 18, 2023
How to Choose the Best Mouthwash
As we all know, or should by now, the key [...]
October 11, 2023
Does my child need two-phase treatment?
You might be surprised to see one of your second [...]
October 4, 2023
Year-End Insurance Reminder
Now that October is upon us, Dr. Allen and our [...]
September 27, 2023
Play Sports? Use Mouthguards.
Dr. Allen and our team recommend always wearing a protective [...]
September 20, 2023
What is a water pick and do I need one?
Water picks, sometimes called “oral irrigators,” make an excellent addition [...]
