A research group at the University is currently developing a smart retainer that will track wear and grinding on teeth.

Being born with perfect teeth is an outright rarity. Crooked teeth can be very frustrating, and having the issue fixed by a dentist can be very expensive. That’s why 24-year-old college student Amos ...

A fixed lower jaw dental retainer completely avulsed the canine tooth of a 26-year-old man in the U.K., according to a case report published June 24 in the American Journal of Orthodontics and ...

If you've ever had a visit to the orthodontist, you will know all about retainers and how to look after them, and more importantly, your teeth. However, one lad claims to have removed his for the ...

To floss teeth if you have braces, feed the short end of the floss through the space between the main arch wire and the upper portion of the tooth closest to the gum. Use a gentle sawing motion to ...

A fixed lower jaw dental retainer completely avulsed the canine tooth of a 26-year-old man in the U.K. Our write-up of the case report detailing this rare but serious complication was the top story of ...

No more eye-popping orthodontist bills. Amos Dudley wanted to straighten his teeth, but he didn’t want to pay the dentist to do it. Then he took a look around and realized that, as an undergrad, two ...