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How Braces Can Help Ease Jaw Pain
Popping, cracking sounds, sore jaw points, facial pain, headaches and stiffness. These are just some of the common symptoms of jaw pain. Your jaw joint is called the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). When this area that runs just in front of your ears is strained, you...
How Difficult Is Overbite Correction for Adults?
If your top teeth overlap your bottom teeth, you have an overbite and you may want to consider overbite correction.In the field of dentistry, an overbite is determined by how much your teeth overlap or how many of your upper teeth cover your lower teeth. An overbite...
Orthodontists in Brisbane: the Newest Medland Orthodontics Clinic
Late last month, Medland Orthodontics opened our newest clinic in Mango Hill, just half an hour north of Brisbane. Our state-of-the-art clinic joins our established Gold Coast clinic in providing quality orthodontic care for patients of all ages. So, if you’re looking...
The Advantages of Lingual Braces Over Invisalign
One in five orthodontic patients is an adult. Fortunately, there are options for straightening teeth that don’t draw attention to your smile. Two popular options are Invisalign aligners and lingual braces. Both orthodontic options offer a cosmetic way to straighten...
What Makes SureSmile More Effective for Positioning Teeth?
Have you heard about SureSmile orthodontic treatment? It’s both an orthodontist’s and a patient’s dream to achieve a straighter smile in the shortest amount of time possible and SureSmile can be the answer. What Makes SureSmile Special? SureSmile makes use of superior...
Are Braces Covered by Medicare?
Braces are a reliable orthodontic treatment to address a variety of smile concerns that affect the health, aesthetics and functionality of a smile. However, they do come with a financial investment. If you think orthodontic treatment may be in your future, it’s good...
How Do You Fix Crooked Teeth?
A crooked smile is more than just a cosmetic concern. If you have teeth that are misaligned or crooked, it can be difficult to bite, chew, eat and in some cases, speak properly. This can be a great source of lower self-esteem and emotional distress. Not only that, but...
What are Some of the Most Common Orthodontic Problems?
Orthodontics is a branch of dentistry that involves the diagnoses, prevention and treatment of teeth and face irregularities. These problems can result in tooth damage and difficulties with cleaning your teeth, biting and/or chewing food. Here’s a look at some of the...
What is the Best Age to See an Orthodontist?
With numerous treatment options for young adults, adults, and kids to rectify their smile, jaw shape, and teeth alignment, orthodontic treatments have become the new-age solution for several such problems. However, numerous parents frequently question the safety of...
What Are Some Common Issues with Invisalign?
Invisalign is a revolutionary product that enables you to straighten your teeth in a pain-free and discreet way while enjoying your favourite drink and food. While the product is an improvement from the traditional braces, there are some common issues with Invisalign...
Is Invisalign Treatment Painful?
Invisalign aligner trays are a convenient and highly effective alternative to metal braces. Invisalign teeth straightening treatment can help you achieve the same results you would get with metal braces. However, the Invisalign treatment is without the discomfort...
How Long Does Invisalign Treatment Take?
Invisalign Clear Aligners are typically a faster orthodontic treatment solution than traditional metal bracket and wire systems. These traditional systems can often take an average of two years to fully transform the smile. As a result, patients that are looking to...
How Many Hours Do You Have to Wear Invisalign in a Day?
How many hours do you have to wear Invisalign in a day? One of the biggest benefits of Invisalign clear braces is that you can take them out to brush, floss and eat. But, you need to wear them for at least 22 hours per day, everyday, for the duration of the treatment...
Are Invisalign Braces?
Invisalign Clear Aligners are a modern alternative to dental braces. This modern solution does away with the traditional metal wire and bracket system in favour of a simpler, more convenient treatment. Invisalign braces offer patients superior smile results to target...
Our Doctors at the European Orthodontic Society Congress
Hello from Edinburgh! Orthodontists, Dr Bill & Dr Patty Medland, are currently attending the European Orthodontic Society Congress. This is in addition to our other two amazing orthodontics specialists Dr Mel & Dr Will. The aim of the Congress is to bring...
What does your Orthodontist do after hours?
At the end of the day your orthodontist is typically working on your treatment plans and communicating with your dentist about your treatment progress, but… they do more than that! Because our orthodontists are experts in their field, they are often asked to educate...
Braces off for Liam!
Much loved Medland Orthodontics patient Liam missed out on his famous Medlands deband day serenade, so Dr Bill and the team decided to get creative and film it for him to watch online! Liam may not have been there, but our lovely Dental Assistant Olivia...
Halloween 2016!!
Halloween at Medland Orthodontics is always a great time of the year. It usually starts a month beforehand with our staff decorating the office and clinic and getting into the spooky mood! This year we had a makeup artist come and do the finishing touches to our...