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I should’ve waited for this. There is a new invention in town of orthodontics. It’s OraMetrix’s SureSmile. SureSmile reduces the time to make your teeth straight up to 6 months or a year only, not just like ordinary braces that takes a year or two. According to company CEO Charles Abraham, OraMetrix’s SureSmile combines digital 3-D imaging, computer-aided treatment planning and customized archwires to unbend teeth about 40% faster than traditional braces. Another advantage of OraMetrix’s SureSmile is that it will make you visit less, thus giving you less discomfort. SureSmile use an OraScanner, a video camera-like gadget that maps the path of each patient’s tooth movement when treatment begins. That allows the dentist to create a plan based off a 3D computer model. Traditionally, a plaster model and 2D X-rays have been used to create a treatment arrangement. Since this treatment is fast, it also is expensive, but those who had undergone the process said that its worth it.

Jalyn Jones might be in pain, but she’s not sure.Jones, 19, was born with hemifacial microsomia, a deformity in which the lower half of one side of the face does not fully develop. Doctors tell her she should be in pain. Maybe she is. After five surgeries, the St. Charles teen said she has built such a high tolerance for pain that it just feels normal.She was still a baby when surgeons closed a hole on the right side of her face and reconstructed her ear. At 5 years old, she developed severe sinus problems. Jones vomited every morning for nine years and suffered constant headaches.At age 14, doctors broke her malformed jaw in three places and restructured the roof of her mouth. The surgery relieved the sinus trouble, but the headaches persist.Hemifacial microsomia is the second most common facial birth defect after cleft lips and palates.Continue reading from:�stcharlesjournal.stltoday.comBy�Raymond Castile�

If you are a religious visitor of your dentist or orthodontist, you will notice that technology has not left them out. We see modern equipment and procedures that they use today and this is something that speeds up the process of making sure you get the quality results from visiting them.

Ranging from laser treatments to faster paced applications, you will notice that from months of installment of procedures, a lot has been whittled down. Technology has made all of these possible and apparently it will continue to improve as we progress. Anyone’s teeth and gums can look forward to better treatment and results through time.