Hi, Moms! Have you signed the Moms for Mouth Guards Pledge?

At Zammitti Orthodontics, we care about your beautiful smile, and we want to help protect you from sports injuries that can be detrimental to your pearly whites. The American Association of Orthodontics (AAO) has introduced the Moms for Mouth Guards Pledge as a way of helping make sure that children are using proper facial protection equipment.

Mouth guards are vital to protecting your teeth from sports related injuries while participating in sports, such as football, soccer, baseball, hockey, and basketball, to name a few. The Moms for Mouth Guards Pledge is a way for mothers nationwide to make a commitment to protecting their child's smile from facial injuries.

In past entries, we’ve discussed the importance of using facial protection when exercising to prevent injury. Today, we at Zammitti Orthodontics we are inviting moms to take action by visiting the Moms for Mouth Guards website and taking the Moms for Mouth Guards Pledge.

Have a safe week everyone!

-Your friends at Zammitti Orthodontics

Ask Dr. Zammitti: Is Invisalign® really customized for each patient?

Remember our Invisalign Teen post last week? We wrote that it "gives you a whole new way to wear braces for a "clearly" amazing smile." Today, we thought we'd remind you Dr. Zammitti is a certified Invisalign provider. The great thing about Invisalign is, it's customized for just about anybody!

To find out if you are the right candidate for Invisalign treatment, the first thing Dr. Zammitti does is take an impression of your teeth as they are now and digitize it. Using special software, we look at the current positioning of your teeth and compare it to the way your teeth should look.

Next we use special software to map out the exact path your teeth will take from the beginning of your treatment to the end. Based on the results, a set of custom aligners are created just for your teeth. Throughout the course of treatment, you will be required to wear these clear, removable aligners one at a time; each one moving your teeth closer and closer to their final, perfectly aligned position. And since the aligners are virtually invisible, nobody around you will even know you are wearing braces!

To find out if you are a candidate for Invisalign treatment, give us a call!