{"id":435,"date":"2015-10-24T17:54:01","date_gmt":"2015-10-24T21:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.regiondental.com\/blog\/?p=435"},"modified":"2018-11-14T10:07:18","modified_gmt":"2018-11-14T15:07:18","slug":"do-it-yourself-braces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regiondental.com\/blog\/do-it-yourself-braces\/","title":{"rendered":"Do it yourself braces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Will you help me? \u00a0My daughter saw a video on youtube by a teen who is doing her braces herself because her parents can&#8217;t afford braces. \u00a0We&#8217;ve been saving up to get our daughter invisalign teen, but just don&#8217;t have all the funds&#8230;.yet. \u00a0I expect we will by next summer. \u00a0But, my daughter is impatient and I saw her watching the video and trying to do it herself. \u00a0I&#8217;m not dentist, but I think this is dangerous. \u00a0Will you tell me what I can say to her?<\/p>\n<p>Worried Mom<\/p>\n<p>Dear Worried Mom,<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re right to be concerned. \u00a0I&#8217;ve seen the video you&#8217;re referring to (if we&#8217;re thinking of the same one). There are a couple of pretty serious things that can go wrong with this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dentists move teeth in two stages. This is true whether you use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regiondental.com\/glenpool-orthodontist\/\">traditional braces or Invisalign<\/a>. First we move the teeth and then we have a rest period for the bone to reform over the newly positioned tooth root. \u00a0With the do it yourself method, you&#8217;re tipping the teeth which doesn&#8217;t take the root into consideration. \u00a0Eventually, your teeth can come loose and even fall out.<\/li>\n<li>The bands that the teens are using can actually cut off the blood supply in their gums. Even just a minor blood supply cut-off can change the color of her teeth. Fully cutting it off can lead to painful inflamation and infection.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I know it seems like forever to your daughter now, but waiting will not only give her a more beautiful smile, but do it in a safe way that doesn&#8217;t put her teeth or health at risk.<\/p>\n<p>This blog is brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regiondental.com\">Tulsa Dentist<\/a> Dr. Ryan Noah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will you help me? \u00a0My daughter saw a video on youtube by a teen who is doing her braces herself because her parents can&#8217;t afford braces. \u00a0We&#8217;ve been saving up to get our daughter invisalign teen, but just don&#8217;t have all the funds&#8230;.yet. \u00a0I expect we will by next summer. \u00a0But, my daughter is impatient [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[7,251,250,243,161,242,164,145],"class_list":{"0":"post-435","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-orthodontics","7":"tag-braces","8":"tag-danger-to-your-teeth","9":"tag-do-it-yourself-braces","10":"tag-glenpool-dentist","11":"tag-glenpool-orthodontist","12":"tag-invisalign","13":"tag-tulsa-dentist","14":"tag-tulsa-orthodontist","15":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Do it yourself braces - Dr. Noah&#039;s Dentistry Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.regiondental.com\/blog\/do-it-yourself-braces\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Do it yourself braces - Dr. Noah&#039;s Dentistry Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Will you help me? 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