According to the Columbia University New Service, tooth loss in seniors has decreased as their dental health has improved. Couple that with increasing life spans and according to the American Association of Orthodontists, more and more seniors are say no to dentures and yes to a better and brighter smile: Orthodontic treatment used to be...
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Teenage life is typically an active life, physically, socially, and emotionally.  Teenagers are understandably concerned with fashion, relationships, and at the heart of it all is looking good. Christopher is a teen heavily involved in sports – soccer, la cross, you name it, he’s into it, and using his face, either accidentally or on admirably...
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Personal Statement Regarding Dr. Stuart Balaban There has recently been a lot of confusion in my Woodbury, Long Island office location. As promised to my patients, Woodbury office team, family and friends, I wish to state the following in order to set the record straight and clear up any confusion and falsehoods concerning the nature...
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Invisalign Teen Product is a clear removable aligner that doesn’t interfere with a teen’s active lifestyle.  Jacqueline Fulop-Goodling, an orthodontist, Spokesperson for Invisalign Teen, and an Invisalign Elite Premier Provider located in New York city says: I find that my teen patients are more confident since they are straightening their teeth with barely anyone noticing. Parents...
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Tips For Ensuring Your Child’s Healthy Smile Family Health October 2009 Dental Essentails by Kate Willard Few things are as contagious as a child’s smile, but it’s easy to forget how much work it takes to maintain it. In fact, caring for a child’s dental hygiene is something that starts in infancy. “Today, pediatric dentists are approaching things from a...
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Family Health October 2009 Braces 411 by Kate Willard The who, what, when, where, and how of orthodontic treatment can be a daunting pile of questions regardless of whether your first or your seventh child is due for some wires. And while it may seem early, the American Association of Orthodontics actually recommends that children have an orthodontic...
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Smiling is attractive. One is considered friendly and approachable when he/she is smiling. So smiling can go a long way-ways in which we are not even aware of. In an independent study conducted on behalf of the AACD in 2004, they discovered that Virtually all Americans (99.7%) believe a smile is an important social...
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The ancient Greeks chewed a substance called mastiche to freshen their breath. The chewy material was made of resin from the bark of the mastic tree, which is native to Greece and Turkey. In the tropical rainforest of what is now Central America, members of the pre-Columbian Mayan civilization had their own version of chewing...
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The American Association of Orthodontists recommends that everyone by 7 years of age should get evaluated by an orthodontist. This includes if your child is being followed by a pediatric dentist because orthodontists specialize in dentofacial orthopedics or growth and development of the face, in addition to the malposition or crowding and spacing issues...
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You’ve probably read about “gnashing of the teeth.” Authors from Mark Twain to Charles Dickens to the scribes of biblical times have referenced this popular idiom for an expression of extreme anger. But if you find yourself or a family member gnashing or grinding teeth, the more likely culprit is not anger, but stress. The...
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