Love & Orthodontics
Love & Orthodontics
Dr Chris Baker is a pediatric dentist, faculty member of three dental schools, longtime AAPD member and American Orthodontic Society Past President. She practices in Texas. Dr Chris writes about orthodontics, pediatric dentistry and life.
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The Engineering of Orthodontics
                                       Orthodontics is a blend of engineering and art.  Engineering - design and mechanics - includes             • architecture (the plan),             • physics (movement),             • chemistry (body physiology),             • ongoing changes in the smile,...  Read More
Practicing Orthodontics: How's it workin' for ya?   Part III: Why not you?
Each and every day, people are living their dreams.  People are getting wealthy.  Practices are thriving, and getting free of insurance. Relationships are dynamic and wonderful.  People are getting healthier every day, regardless of their age.  Lives are improving every day.  Let it be you!  Your...  Read More
Practicing Orthodontics: How's it workin' for ya?  Part II:  Those five people you hang with
Those five people you hang with "You're the average of the five people you spend the most time with." -- Jim Rohn Seriously?     You must be thinking, “Seriously?    How can I be an average of the five people I spend the most time with?” Yes, seriously.  To the extent, even, that if you saw their...  Read More
Practicing Orthodontics: How's it workin' for ya?  Part I: The Big Picture
The Big Picture We go to dental school, to residency, and then   finally    (it seems), we are ready to go into practice.  Did you have any idea what that entailed?   Did you know anything about a business? Did you even know what you wanted practice to be like?  I daresay you assumed it would...  Read More
White Spot Lesions: Three Factors of Interplay
White spot lesions on teeth result from acid-producing pathogenic bacteria that demineralize the tooth surface. This begins the process of tooth decay. While these lesions occur in patients without any orthodontic or other dental intervention, they also occur during orthodontic treatment.  The...  Read More
The Challenges of Orthodontic Case Finishing
Orthodontic treatment challenges the best of us.  What seems easy to many patients, is often a tough job for the orthodontists!   Those of us who provide orthodontic treatment develop a keen awareness of the difficulties in our work with the constantly-changing human body. And, it’s over a...  Read More
Orthodontics from the Outside In
This past week, we had two high school students who are interested in dentistry  spend the days with us in internships.  They came in each morning and would spend about half of our office hours with us. The students  encountered orthodontics from a totally different perspective than what they...  Read More
Yes! Accept Transfer Orthodontic Cases! (Most of the time.) Part II
You can have happy and loyal transfer patients! In the UAE, because the expats come and go so often, we are accepting and sending many patients in transfer situations. And it works fine - even well.  You can do it too! Earlier this month, I promised to tell you what to do when the mother and her...  Read More
Yes! Accept Orthodontic Transfer Patients (Most of the time.) Part I
                                       Dentists, you know the story: A patient comes in and you're asked to “finish” an already-begun orthodontic treatment. The mother says, “We only have four months left,” or something like that.                          So, you look at the patient, wanting...  Read More
Houston... We Have a Problem!
Both the dental patient and the dentist have a problem!  It’s tough to have the patient’s head positioned comfortably, AND ideally for the dentist.   This challenge makes the dentist’s job difficult because without the best view of the mouth, and without the best light on the mouth, the dentist...  Read More
Orthodontics began for me in love
ABOVE PHOTO: Dr. Walter Doyle, the first dentist in history to have specialties in orthodontics and pediatric dentistry.  Orthodontics began for me in love. After dental school, I loved the idea of learning about treating the poor growth and bites which can affect a child’s function, face and...  Read More
Designing Smiles: Ortho-Artistry
"When you're smilin', the whole world smiles with you." Sure enough, Louis Armstrong was so right!  Studies show that smiling is contagious. Ever been around someone who just had something fantastic happen? Their smile and joy makes you feel good, too. "A smile is the most powerful force in the...  Read More
The POWER of Your Smile
Do you know that even imitating a smile actually changes the way the neurons process emotion in your brain?  Your brain turns on emotionally and processes happiness when you smile.  Your smile is a switch on to happiness. ? In the UAE, we have many languages that we all bring together, and...  Read More
The ART of Orthodontics
Art ~ Expressing the author's imaginative or technical skill, producing works that are beautiful, to be appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power. What could be more beautiful than the gorgeous smile of someone you love?  Think of the emotional power that smile has! Orthodontics...  Read More
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