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Posts Tagged ‘Dr. Yakov Eisenberger’

Medicaid Braces Can Help You Financially

Dental care is necessary for your health, but can be very expensive. It can be hard if you don’t have the right coverage; the cost of just a cleaning can surprise you. So when you find out the news that your child needs braces to correct the alignment of their teeth, you may be hesitant to get them. Don’t [...]

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Visit Your Brooklyn NY Orthodontist Or Suffer Crooked Teeth

When my brother was younger, he was told he would need braces because of his overbite, or else deal with crooked teeth. Of course he fought the idea and was never around when my parents wanted to make that Brooklyn NY orthodontist appointment. To him, the consequences were worth suffering instead of getting braces. Now he’s [...]

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Teeth Are The Window To Your Sense Of Hygiene

Teeth are supposed to be(but rarely are) clean and sparkly. If we’re to believe the movies they should be as white as a cloud. Now those may be hard standards to keep up all the time but the further you get from that standard the harder every first impression gets for you. Tooth maintenance is [...]

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How to Handle Your New Braces

Getting braces on for the first time can feel a little funny. It’s nothing unusual but getting your teeth set exactly right is just a new feeling. Don’t worry. If you’ve gotten those braces from Dr. Yakov Eisenberger, you just know your mouth is in good hands. That said, there are some ways you can [...]

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Lethal Weapon? How About A Great Smile?

Danny Glover’s character in Lethal Weapon never quite could bring himself to retire. He was a driven crime fighting machine. Danny Glover himself is a perennial favorite of movie goers keep up a great work ethic on the silver screen while also allowing time for theater and television projects. So it was a little surprising [...]

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The Benefits of a Toothpick, From Your NY Orthodontist

When you have to visit your NY orthodontist every few months to have your braces Brooklyn NY tightened and he yells at you to stop eating caramel, you don’t feel like a million bucks. I have a solution, dear reader. Toothpicks. Toothpicks are very handy. They alert your gums to the plaque hiding among them, [...]

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Different Kinds of Retainers

There’s a variety of types of braces out there — and there are just as many types of retainers. Let’s take a look at them: Hawley Chances are you’ve seen an Hawley retainer. Traditional wire retainers, they’re the kind you always see in movies and TV shows, getting thrown out on cafeteria trays. Hawley retainers [...]

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Braces Care 101

Having braces can be a real drag, especially if you have the traditional metal ones with brackets. To make things a bit easier we’ve compiled a list of things you should do to take the best care you can of your braces. 1. Visit your Brooklyn orthodontist at least once a month, perhaps more or [...]

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Don’t Take Any Chances With Your Teeth

A Melbourne, Australia dentist, Dr. Ari Masters, has been fined $25k for recent methods that may have caused severe and possibly permanent damage. He used elastic bands to treat a boy’s gap tooth, and also did not warn the boy’s parents of the consequences that might follow from such methods. Masters is well-known for his “no [...]

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Signs Your Child Might Need Braces

Though it’s imprudent to get braces on a child who still has his or her baby, or “primary,” teeth, you should still bring your child to the orthodontist at around age 7. Orthodontists can spot slight problems with jaw growth or teeth at this age, and will be able to plan early on for if [...]

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