Talk:Dental braces

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1 On the cheap .. pulling teeth
2 Image
3 Ceramic Braces
4 Emma Watson?
5 Foul Langauge
6 reorganize this topic
7 This is ambiguous, what is the differnence between dental arch and dental palate?
8 Those teeth

[edit] On the cheap .. pulling teeth

There should be a mention of the short cut most dentists take when on the cheap - pulling teeth and pulling back the front teeth and forcing the lower jaw to the rear. It give the person a forever teenage chin and damages the jaw. It creates a tendon complication called ??. You have to look for dentists that will not do this.

Flatglass 03:19, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

Removing teeth and then pulling front teeth back doesn't sound cheap or easy. --Hanina

Just curious - shouldn't this be labelled under 'orthodontic brace'? Once one moves into having braces, it's under the heading of orthodontia, and no longer dentistry.

It's about teeth,so it is "dental braces".Ahem...can you sign with four tildes?203.124.2.14 12:39, 12 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Image

I changed the main picture on the page to one that is more informative and a lot less disgusting. It illustrates the application and form of braces much better than the original and isn't quite as disturbing. Waqcku 19:35, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Ceramic Braces

Is it really necessary to include the picture of a man with ceramic braces? I don't find it helpful. A picture with someone with metal braces might be.

[edit] Emma Watson?

She's not an adult... 130.253.5.159 00:12, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

those pictures of that person's teeth are pretty intense:-4.36.45.2 13:07, 6 April 2006 (UTC)Emily

[edit] Foul Langauge

"the oldest person to get braces was Ryan Hammonds, who at age 17, on april 24th will recieve the sure to kill his game. But he will still get more "ASS" then ryan czerk.????

WHY IS THERE FOUL LANGUAGE IN THIS ARTICLE I THINK ITS VANDILISM AND IM DELETING IT IF YOU SAW THIS AND THEN LOOKED AT THE ARTICE AND FOUND NOTHING I DELETED IT.

[edit] reorganize this topic

Brackets are just a tool in orthodontic therapy. In this article there is a lot of confusion, it seems that braces and orthodontic therapy are the same thing. For example: "Typical cost of braces in the United States is about 5,000 USD".I think the whole topic should be reorganized and many parts discussed in other topics.

[edit] This is ambiguous, what is the differnence between dental arch and dental palate?

In the main article it says: "An expander can still be used on an adult without surgery, but to expand the dental arch, and not the palate." The drawings in dental arch and palate show the almost the same thing.