Braces on a child who still has baby teeth strikes most parents as premature. The teeth aren’t all in yet. Some of them are going to fall out. Why would anyone start now? It’s a fair question, and for the…
You’re brushing one morning and something looks different. The bottom front teeth have started to overlap, or a small gap has opened where there wasn’t one before. For anyone who wore braces as a teenager, this is particularly frustrating. Wasn’t…
It is one of the most common questions we hear from adults, often asked a little wistfully: is it too late for me to straighten my teeth? Many people assume that orthodontic treatment is something you either did as a…
When people think about straightening their teeth, they usually picture the cosmetic payoff: a more even, confident smile. That is a wonderful result, but it is only part of the story. How your teeth fit together, what dentists call your…
For many residents in Arlington Heights and Deerfield, the mention of orthodontic treatment immediately brings to mind images of middle school students with metal brackets. However, at Jarosz & Valente Orthodontics, we have seen a significant shift in recent years.…
Here’s a statistic that surprises most people: nearly one in three orthodontic patients today is an adult. Not a teenager counting down the days until their braces come off. A working, bill-paying adult who made the decision to straighten their…