What You Can Expect When You’re Getting Braces

What You Can Expect When You’re Getting Braces

After putting on kids braces and teens braces in Cary, North Carolina for more years than Dr. Patel can remember, he can tell you one thing never changes – the fear. The fear of the unknown. As a teenager getting braces, and even as an adult getting braces for the...
Eating with New or Tightened Braces

Eating with New or Tightened Braces

For the duration of the time that you’re in braces with us at Tooth by Tooth orthodontics, you will have to make some changes to your diet. We generally recommend that you keep away from hard, crunchy foods or any foods that cause you to exert pressure on your jaw...
6 Tools for Cleaning Braces

6 Tools for Cleaning Braces

There’s no sugar-coating the fact that cleaning your teeth when they’re in braces is more involved than when they’re not (and at our office, we don’t like to coat things in sugar anyway). Braces create many new, tiny spaces to trap particles of food while at the same...
Taking Care of Your Smile with Braces | Cary, NC

Taking Care of Your Smile with Braces | Cary, NC

Taking Care of Your Smile with Braces | Cary, NC Protecting Your Smile from Start to Finish Getting braces in Cary, NC, is an exciting time! You’re on your way to the smile of your dreams. But with orthodontic treatment comes responsibility – it’s...