Over one million American adults visit the orthodontist every year. That’s a much higher number than what it was a few decades ago. A big reason for this increase is thanks to advancing technology.

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Invisalign attachments are small, tooth-colored bumps strategically placed on specific teeth to enhance the effectiveness of aligners. These attachments act as anchor points, helping the aligners ...

If you want to straighten your teeth, traditional metal braces and Invisalign are two of your options. Both treatments can improve your smile, but which approach is right for you? As a kid of the ’90s ...

Traditional metal braces straighten and move your teeth using a metal wire and brackets. Rubber bands are often attached to some of your brackets to increase the amount of force on certain parts of ...

As someone who had braces (and a fetching metal expander that gave me a giant lisp) as a tween, and then Invisalign in my 20s and 30s, I’m quite familiar with the process of getting my teeth ...