There are two basic types of retainers: removable and permanent. Your orthodontist helps you choose the best type for you based on what you needed braces for and any conditions you might have. You may ...

Being born with perfect teeth is an outright rarity. Crooked teeth can be very frustrating, and having the issue fixed by a dentist can be very expensive. That’s why 24-year-old college student Amos ...

One writer’s Invisalign journey in her 30s, from buttons and IPR to refinements and retainers. What she’d do differently—and ...

Braces are dental devices that use pressure and control to gradually shift and straighten your teeth. Teeth that are misaligned or crowded, teeth that have large gaps between them, and jawlines that ...

No more eye-popping orthodontist bills. Amos Dudley wanted to straighten his teeth, but he didn’t want to pay the dentist to do it. Then he took a look around and realized that, as an undergrad, two ...

Clear, plastic aligners have been growing in popularity as alternatives to bulky, metal braces. And once the teeth are straightened, patients graduate to plastic retainers to maintain the perfect ...

At-home teeth-straightening aligners have grown in popularity this year. Smile Direct Club offers impression kits and custom aligners straight to your door. One editor tried Smile Direct Club for her ...

have developed a sensor-packed dental retainer that people with high-level spinal cord injuries can manipulate with their tongue to manoeuvre an electric wheelchair. The latest prototype of the Tongue ...

Whether you wear Invisaligns to straighten your teeth or retainers to keep them that way both can carry many germs. ”Everytime they take them out when they’re brushing to brush the retainer as well ...

Paying for orthodontia to straighten your teeth or your kids’ teeth can be extremely expensive, but what else can you do if your teeth are all crooked? Well: One college student used a 3-D printer to ...