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What to Eat When You’re Wearing Braces

Now that you’ve started your orthodontic treatment with braces or clear aligners, such as Invisalign®, you’re on your way to a beautiful smile! Even so, mealtimes are more challenging, because the wrong types of foods can damage your braces, which are made up of brackets, bands and wires or plastic trays or retainers. If hardware […]

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8 Signs to look for to see if your child needs braces or not

8 Signs Your Child May Needs Braces Do the upper teeth protrude? Are the teeth crowded? Are there spaces between the teeth Is there a deep bite? Is there an underbite? Is there an open bite? How is the spacing between the teeth? Do the midlines line up? It’s not always easy to know if […]

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What Does It Feel Like to Get Braces?

Getting braces for the first time? Want to know the process/procedure of getting braces? Does it hurt to get braces? Do they use needles when putting on braces? Watch the video to see how braces are put on, step-by-step! We’re going to walk you through putting on braces and I’m going to use this patient […]

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Brushing & Flossing with Braces

Keeping your mouth and gums clean and healthy while undergoing orthodontic treatment can be challenging. Food and plaque can get stuck around braces. Even if you are wearing clear aligners, such as Invisalign®, hygiene efficiency is more important than you might think as you could be more vulnerable to gum disease. It’s important to keep […]

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What foods to eat when wearing braces or clear aligners such as Invisalign®

Now that you’ve started your orthodontic treatment with braces or clear aligners, such as Invisalign®, you’re on your way to a beautiful smile! Even so, mealtimes are more challenging, because the wrong types of foods can damage your braces, which are made up of brackets, bands and wires or plastic trays or retainers. If hardware […]

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How to clean clear aligners & Invisalign® retainers

Congratulations on wearing clear aligners! It means you are on your way to having a truly great smile. Just remember that keeping your aligners fresh and clean every day is important to your health. Unclean clear aligners, such as Invisalign® , can accumulate bacteria and put you at risk for bad breath and tooth decay. […]

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How to Turn a Palatal Expander

Let me first take a moment to explain the key to the expander. The key is designed with this bend right here this is a safety bend. This prevents you from poking the roof of the mouth while you’re doing the turns on the expander. When you go to insert the key into the expander, […]

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How to clean under a permanent bonded retainer

Now that your orthodontic treatment is complete, permanent retainers will be placed on your teeth. A permanent retainer is a small wire that is glued behind the back of the front teeth. There are two types of permanent retainers one that is glued to each individual tooth, and another that is glued only to the […]

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What is Orthodontics? How do braces work? Braces & Invisalign® questions answered.

For most people a beautiful smile is the most obvious benefit of orthodontics and one that has been proven to enhance self-confidence and self-esteem. What is Orthodontics? Orthodontics involves a diagnosis, prevention and treatment of both dental and facial irregularities. The technical term for these problems is malocclusion, which means bad bite. While most malocclusions […]

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5 Things to Know About Thumb Sucking

Thumb sucking is a natural comforting behavior in infants and young children that’s related to nursing, but if it goes on for too long, it can create problems in the mouth later on. Here’s what you need to know. Let’s start with number five, 5) Thumb sucking usually goes away on its own. Most children […]

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5-Star Reviews

Patients come first


loved the way they attend, love all the staff super nice, super friendly and the best people. I really enjoyed my 2 years with Doctor Belgin!!!! Thank you guys for the awesome job.


Araceli Rodriguez


I love my new smile and I’m really going to miss Paula and Chris


Iranya Urias


Love the welcoming office and friendly team. Dr Beglin is meticulous in his work. Overall great experience. I highly recommend Beglin Orthodontics.


David Dininger


Love Dr Begin and his staff! Paula has been so understanding as far as my payments go.As a single mom with 3 jobs it can get rough! And Dr Beglins office staff are wonderful! Plus Dr Beglins travels to Mammoth lakes! My son never complains about pain and he has the Herbst device in his mouth for another 6 months! Very professional!


Lauren Albrecht

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